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Virgo, Seán

The Shadow Mother

64 pp. | Groundwood | June, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-88899-971-9 $21.95
(4) YA Illustrated by Javier Serrano Pérez. A slim illustrated volume, Virgo's poetically written adaptation of the selkie legend traces one family from the mother's mysterious origins to her son's escape into the sea from which she emerged. Pérez punctuates the tale with softly shaded drawings of surreal quality. An attractive pairing, but the unusual book is likely too conceptual for most readers.
Reviewer: Hannah Rodgers Barnaby

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