03655cam a2200613 4500 593386052 TxAuBib 20220528120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781427267429 1427267421 986cc6ea-80b3-4a71-9622-0562f23028a9 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2239739 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Swyler, Erika. The Book of Speculation [Libby] : A Novel. Macmillan Audio, 2015. curses. illustrated. audiobook. magical realism. tarot. Magic. librarian. Family Saga . debut novel. audio book. Atmospheric. antique books. literary historical fiction. carnie. carnival mermaids. dysfunctional homes. erica swler syler. mysteries and secrets. past and present storyline. set on long island new york. traveling circus performers. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 322MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 322MB. Fantasy. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<p>"Dazzling...[a] quirky, raucous, and bewitching family saga." —Sara Gruen, author of <i>Water for Elephants</i><br /> Simon Watson, a young librarian, lives alone in a house that is slowly crumbling toward the Long Island Sound. His parents are long dead. His mother, a circus mermaid who made her living by holding her breath, drowned in the very water his house overlooks. His younger sister, Enola, ran off six years ago and now reads tarot cards for a traveling carnival.<br /> One June day, an old book arrives on Simon's doorstep, sent by an antiquarian bookseller who purchased it on speculation. Fragile and water damaged, the book is a log from the owner of a traveling carnival in the 1700s, who reports strange and magical things, including the drowning death of a circus mermaid. Since then, generations of "mermaids" in Simon's family have drowned—always on July 24, which is only weeks away.<br /> As his friend Alice looks on with alarm, Simon becomes increasingly worried about his sister. Could there be a curse on Simon's family? What does it have to do with the book, and can he get to the heart of the mystery in time to save Enola?<br /> In the tradition of Sara Gruen's <i>Water for Elephants,</i> Erin Morgenstern's <i>The Night Circus,</i> and Elizabeth Kostova's <i>The Historian, The Book of Speculation</i> is Erika Swyler's moving debut novel about the power of books, family, and magic.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-27 20:00:02. Pittu, David. Kellgren, Katherine. Fliakos, Ari. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/2239739-TheBookOfSpeculation.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=986cc6ea-80b3-4a71-9622-0562f23028a9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/2239739-TheBookOfSpeculation.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=986cc6ea-80b3-4a71-9622-0562f23028a9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) TXGID