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The
MerMaid
of
Brooklyn
amy shearn
A TouchSTone Book
Pblisd by Sim & Sstr
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stA Divisi Sim & Sstr, I. Av t Amriasnw Yr, nY
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For Adam, Harper, and Alton, the loves of my life:
thank you for not being the family in this book
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o n e
B e f o r e I d i e d t h e f i r s t t i m e , m y h u s b a n d l e f t m e b r o k e a n d
al wit r tw tiy ildr ad it mad m l vry d-
prssd, t. Its t sam ld stry: h wt t by igartts ad
vr am m. Rally. Wldt y ti yd wat t pa
a bag r tw, lav a rwardig addrss? cldt av at lastta t dg? Ts wr t tigs I wdrd i t bgiig.
nt: was avig a aair, r: was mixd p i smtig
aris, bt: I at bliv wldt brig is datb, is
avrit lars; I at bliv didt ag t ligtblb i t
allway br dsrtig s. h w I ldt ra tat ligt-
blb. T wl tig was li im. T agai, I was t
w did, wi was li m, t.I wld b lyig i I said is lavig wast a tiy bit a rli,
at last at rst. My iitial tgtd mstly t slp dpri-
vati, t ts wi, as ay mtr r plitial prisr
ws, vr tirly adwas tat t girls wr i bd, I
ld igr t diss t b d ad ladry (still i a mpat
tr-day-ld bri rm t Ladrmat drp- srvi) t b
pt away; I ld ta a bat ad t slp (til Rss xt d-
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wldt d t ma a grw-p mal r harry, w ayigly
prrrd diss sasd wit tigs tr ta bttr, ad w
ivitly avrd dir vrsati sistig tpis
tr ta wtr r t mrmaids xistd ad, i s, wtr
r t tir mmmis mad tm ta bats. I wld t d
t sti t yaws tat mist r brdm as dramatially
rtd t dramati dtails is day. I wld t d t
m p wit a mpllig xs t avid sx ad t l gilt
bt at t rsal ad at t rigiality t dsir, t d-sir.
I w tis dst ma m sd li t ist wi. Bt
ba t I ly tgt was lat mig m rm wr. I
didt w wld b g s vry lg, tat it wld ta im
mts ad mts t battl is way m, as i wr rtr-
ig rm t crsads ad t t evr S Frs cady cmpay
adqartrs i Bay Ridg, Brly. It didt r t m tattig wld vr b t sam.
I rgt ad didt rmmbr r sm tim tat I atally ad
sp t im t vig i qsti. My days ad a abit
bldig tgtr, ad it was t dilt r m t pipit
wtr w ad idd tald a w rs arlir r wtr I was
rmmbrig t day br. Bt , I ti it was tat igt, tat
atl igt, w, bliv it r t, it was raiig misly, astrm Grat Plaisstyl vlity, lasd by rstlss ymps
plltig t itys lds, mst av b, bas tr was s
viditivss i t tdr rattlig t it widw ad
spig t immitly spabl baby s tat s was wailig
it my llarb as I alld harrys p, watig t w i
( Gd, s typial) ld pi p sm mil, a rqst tat
was mt wit irritati didt s wy I ldt ta ar
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t h m m f b A 3
swigig r lgs wit a byay tat blid r swl. I ld
vr jst i tim t s r p r mt ad at a md
wd grilld s t t tabl.
Jy? harry aswrd, sdig sd. Is vrytig
ay?
o, sr. Jst atr day i paradis, I said. Rs qitd,
distratd by a a my air.
I miss y, harry said. I miss t girls. h sdd sad, r
mayb jst tird.Wll, yr i l, I said. Wr all rigt r, ad wr ta-
ig visitrs.
I wv y, y wv m, Btty sag t r grilld s. T
girl ad a passi r dairy.
S, baby, plas, I said t r, t Rs, t t tdr tat
grmbld a littl artr i t dista w, t t wrld. Wat,
harry? Im lsig y.Im gig t stp r igartts my way m, it sdd
li said.
S yr t qittig, t, I said, avig rgtt all abt
t mil. I wld rmmbr ly w I prd my dir bwl
cris at lv p.m., wi I dd p atig wit watr, as
Id d mr tims ta I ard t admit. T was g. h
wld stay tat way r a wil.
W harry lt ad I did it was t bgiig a dspratly
t smmr, a lg s-srd strt days dtrmid t
sil dbtrs glbal warmig. T sidwals Brly
bad all ard s, Prspt Par a xpas brwis ay. I
ad ts tw babis, ad ppl wr always sayig tat my wl
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at Rss bti r bigig Bttys rls, igbrd tris
dispsig sliitd advi rm tir bdga-rt bs. I
ddd ad tad tm, r smtims rlld my ys.
My li wit harry ad bg v yars arlir, rigt ard
t tim I startd lig my bilgial l dig tMy Cousin
Vinnytig. I was wrig a xastig jb at a magazi tat I
was jst startig t raliz was t gig aywr: t t maga-
zi, t t jb, t m. I was ially Sigl ad Lvig It bt
i rality t tird by t d t day t d aytig mrabls ta drag mysl m ad wat abls amts
tlvisi. (Rmati mdis td as datial i ty wr
i bla ad wit. W all g aywir at tims, ad i w dt,
mayb w gt t, Id mt alg wit Te Philadelphia Story.)
I was t ld t still av a rmmat w alld it ig w
s addd pppr t r ram; I was t yg t rtrat t t
Midwst, apitlatig t a li wit may ats. It is ayig td yrsl livig a li. It is dbly ayig t tr yr li
psid dw ly t sttl it a at v mr baal ta t
y wr tryig t avid.
I mt harry my tirtit birtday, wi I t as a m.
It was a w ws atr Sptmbr , t bad , ad vry
i t ity was lig xisttially wiggd t, stalgi r tigs
wd vr tid br. Tr was a barb t lastwarm days t yar i sms lsty bayard, mrig
glry straglig t bri. (Ts vis ar lvly, I tld my st,
tryig t b ridly. Sd rwd, ssd, Tyr illig
everytig.) I didt w ts ppl wll, bt i ts ws
vry was vrly sliits ad giv t gallws mr, gt-
tig tgtr t sm mrt d ad avid t sbjts
dat ad patritism i avr ts vagr avrits, Wat Was
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t h m m f b A 5
smlld li brig rbbr i Brly. evry igt I dramd I
ad ildr w gt lst i my pts. I tr wrds, it was a
dagrs tim t mt sm w.
ovr by t was harry. h was warig a latr jat
tat was t warm r t watr, wi I didt qsti at t
tim. his wit sirt gapd p at t llar. I rst tid tat
triagl . h std talig t a tri prtty blds, ad
I ldt ar wat said bt all at , as i rgrapd,
ty trw ba tir ads ad lagd. hr was harry i is rs I ldt av w tis tmai igs,
aratrizd by bravad ad bistrsss, blvd by all. I
tgt (a! a!), Tere is an uncomplicated man. havig split
rtly rm a mrs Bswi-lt-iabitig artist, I ld
at harry ad my gt said, I know him. He is happy. He knows(
d ba a swig mirbrwd br, sqitd at smtig
vr my ad, t r sap mayb) how to enjoy life. Ppl aralways sayig t llw yr gt. urtatly, as it trs t, my
gt is id stpid.
Y w yr i trbl w y rr t yr w rla-
tisip as a wirlwid rma. harry was d tis pras,
wi t m sta wit a rt-swt wi dsprati. Its tr
tat it all appd vry qily. Tr was smtig dply
attrig abt is passi r m, w ad t av m im-mdiatly ad rvr. his prssis ati wr always
largr ta li. w dz wit rss wld grt m at wr a
glmy Mday, t t ig vy my wrrs. or Id wa
a wd t a mmad appi, a w pair gld
gladiatrs (d pipitd my wasss), ad marig rdrs
Gt p, gt p! Wr gig a liptr tr t ity i a
r! My trapist psitd tat harry was t u My Fatr,
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S alld im t Pri Darss carmig. S alld im
Jams Da Lit. I alld r nt My Trapist Aymr.
Witi a yar harry ad I wr marrid ( watd a Vgas
wddig bt wrrid it wld ill is mtr), ad Id tradd my
Xaax r pratal mga-s; a yar atr r wddig, Btty was
br, ad t qit tw yars atr tat, Rs. Id b i llg
lgr ta Id w my sbad. Id ad a mr prtratd
rlatisip wit my aadmi advisr ta wit t atr my
ildr, t ma ws DnA Id s t tagl wit mi. Adw r w wr, pild it t rmmy tw-bdrm rtal tat
was all w ld ard i Par Slp, t yppi igbrd w
lg t bas I was araid t brig my ids aywr ls i t
ity. or r I was, ayway. W w wr harry was.
W I aw at tr a.m., Rs wlig wlsly at a blat-rtai-dyig strtlamp, Btty stadig i t allway wit r
ads vr r ars, ad harry still wast tr, it rrd t m
t wrry.
Rsi, Rsi. I lad mysl rm bd, t sts witd
ard my lgs, ly t stp sqarly t dg. o. T dg. I
was prptally rgttig abt t xist Jipr, harrys
sraggly, immrtal mtt. Our mtt w, rs. had I tar dw t p br bd? Tr wr t may ratrs bdily
tis t p tra . T dg ld p at m mrlly. I
aplgizd, stmbld it r bbi a allway. My lgs wr
sti, Frastiy. I ldt rmmbr t last tim Id xrisd
i ay way mr sigiat ta a wal psig t strllr ard
t par, wi I pd td r smtig. evry day I prm-
isd mysl Id at last strt t br bd, ad vry igt I was
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was mr li waitig r Rs t rlt ad t immdiatly ap-
plyig mysl t my mattrss.
Rs ad id r swaddl p ard r i a srt
at tr wl ad was iig arss t rib li a dmtd
atrpillar. S stppd wlig w s saw m, grid tt-
lssly. All rigt, I said. Yr vry armig. I plld t swad-
dlig blat r ad litd r t. Btty llwd s ba
it my bd. I didt btr tryig t stp r. I stld Rs dw
i t tr t mattrss, ad s immdiatly startd srtigwit t pr-mal tsiasm a tr Lipi. I lay dw bsid
r ad rd r t bb wit t lss dstryd ippl. Btty
lay dw t tr sid Rs.
Mmmy, wr Daddy?
Rs pppd ad rad r risly tward Btty.
Swtart, plas dt distrat t baby, I said as drad
grippd t tp b my spi. Rigt. Wr was Daddy?Daddys, m, at wr.
Btty sidrd tis. Art t ligts ?
Rs latd ba . I lsd my ys ad allwd t pll
slp t drag m dr t sra. Slp was li watr, my brai
tgt, rigially. Ad as wit a rivr, y vr stppd it
t sam slp twi, it was always a dirt txtr smw,
tr was a dirt rrt tigt, smtig rilig i t dis-ta. Wat was tis dram tat I
Mmmy.
Witt rally waig p, I said, Ys, y, t ligts ar .
h as a asligt.
o.
Rs stppd rsig t star p at Btty agai. Plas, tal-
ig, Btty, I said, alrady mstly aslp. I was s tird tat it rt
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t tr smtig ad ta it did t Bt t tgt
stppd maig ss as I tgt it, braig apart li brad
drppd i watr. I was dimly awar Jipr jmpig t t
bd ad ilig p bid m. Big sadwid btw littl
bdis tis way smd zy r abt tirty sds, til my lg
watd t strt ad ldt. It was atr t igt, t mg-
giss azd by t air-ditiig it ldgd i t widw,
ad r w wr gld tgtr by swat ad spit-p ad dg air.
It was all vry glamrs.W I aw agaiv mits latr? a r latr?Rs
was szig wit r mt sligtly p ard my ippl, mil
pld r tiy tg. Btty ad Jipr wr rld tgtr
at t t t bd. T rm was sadwy, lit by t strtlamp,
t ligts igt-wl igbrs, t ligts arly-risig ig-
brs, t azy dar t ity at igt. Ad rally, w, wr
was harry? Alarm rag trg my limbs. I trid t tmpr it witsm Vla lgi, a tiq Id ad t ta mysl vr ad
vr, vry igt my axity-lad rst yar mtrd. n,
, wast dad i a dit, tat wldt ma ay ss h
ad said smtig . . . o. h was gig t stp ad by iga-
rtts. My brai, still al-slpig li a dlpis, ivtd a stry:
hd gtt a all rm is alli brtr, Frd, d g vr
t mrt im, d prbably alld my ll p bt I adtgtt t all bas t p was litrig as sal smwr
dp witi t diapr bag. h ad dd p spdig t igt
at Frd ad cytias pla ar t ad ad txtd m s as
t t wa p t girls i t mirals as tat r bt
tm migt b slpig ad w I saw im tmrrw, tday,
wvr, wld astis m r t payig mr attti t
tat partilar ltris, wi, it was tr, I saw mr
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r mmiati. oay, tat mad ss. I was dritig ba t
slp, s tird tat my jits lt jmpy, my si prily. I ldt
prss wtr Id all aslp r ls ad slpt r rs w
tr was Btty, pattig my .
I pd a y. Rs sprawld t r ba, taig p
mr rm ta smd gmtrially pssibl r a prs w
wigd twlv pds. It was a gd tig harry wast r,
atally. h atd w I lt Rs slp i r bd. Y mad m
by tat rig air r t rsry, d say rssly. I tgttat was r rsig. Its t sa t slp wit r i r bd. I
ad a matr, rasabl rsps t tis, big t xllt wi
ad mtr tat I was: I waitd r im t tr ard, ad t I
st my tg t at t ba is ad.
Mmmy. cis? Btty said xprimtally. W I pd
bt ys, I saw Jipr bid r, waggig r tail. W Ji-
pr diagsd m as awa-is, s lapd p ad startd paigard. n ad , I said t bt tm. I prbably ll ba
aslp. MoMMY, Btty said, pattig my ardr. oay, it-
tig. Smaig my a. hr ad was stiy, smw, alrady. It
was a lvly way t wa p. It wast v ligt t yt. S, r
rty-v, mayb? Jipr jmpd p t t bd, ad Rss ys
pppd p.
o Gd, I said. evry mrig I lay i bd tiig, I cannotpossibly do this for one more day. T I gt p ad did it r
mr day, vry day. All parts did, I tld mysl. My xasti
was tig spial. Ad liwis, t mmts i wi I ma-
agd t p i a alway-dt way wr t xatly t trimps
matral spirit I lid t prtd ty wrmr li basi
mpt. ll Daddy t ta t Jipr, I said.
Btty s r ad. Its t ar.
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ad plasd, a dimitiv rat by. I adt brpd r atr r last
dzy dig. Atr abit harry atd.
Its too far. Daddy at work.
o God.
Tirty sds latr, I was warig t sam -sirt ad srts
Id wr t day br; Rs ad r diapr, trasrmd it a
avil p, wr td it t slig; Btty was drssd i r
pajamas, a tt, ad pi crs r gradmtr ad gtt r
xprssly agaist r wiss; Jipr was arssd it r las.T wl appy amily lambrd t t strt. It was alrady
abt igty dgrs t, t wrld damp ad stamig rm t
igts rai. Day-ld spit-p bad my sirt, mittig a t
tirly plasat brady dr. T s was jst bgiig t
ris, a brigt sr bldig vr t par. Jipr pd i sms
tr bx, irrigatig t crb yr dg sig. Sm days t ity
smd almst spratrally batil t m. T tr wrdays li tis, w rgivig ligt rvald rats prrmig
ats daytim drrig-d, w vrytig i sigta witrd
r lltig as, a paralyzd pdl draggig its id lgs
lagig wlsld damagd ad dragd. It was garbag
day, ad stiig bldrs tras ptatd t sidwal, wi
rmidd m tat I adt ta dw r rylig, a tgt tat
lld m wit dspair. Btty tddld vr t a ra pil, litd p adisasd-lig tddy bar.
n! My vi startld Rs, w startd t ry. It was asir t
av sympaty r r, I d, ta r sistr, t tddlr trrr.
Rsi ldt lp it. S was a baby. hr ryig was mpli-
atd. W Btty trd t watrwrs abt r
mplx big-girl isss, li t gttig a igt Dra Bad-Aid
wit wi t drat t dg, my si rdld wit irritati.
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S. I swayd ba ad rt, xtratd a pair rm my
pt, ad plggd r mt. Btty, I said i t rpy-alm
vi a partal pati. Pt tat dw rigt tis sd.
havt y vr rad Te Velveteen Rabbit? Sarlt vr! Bdbgs!
Dat!
Btty ittd r brw.
Drp it! I said. Jipr stppd walig ad ld at m.
nt y.
Btty rlasd r trasr ad ptily st r tmb i rmt, t sam tmb tat, mmts br, ad b arssig
t grimy tys ylss st. I lsd my ys. Id b awa r
tw mits ad alrady lt vrwlmd by t lgt t day
aad m. I was ially vr harrys disapparig at.
Atr Jipr ad rappd a prttsly watry rapWat
did y d r? I asd Btty, w prtdd t t arw
mad r way ard t bl, dttd wit trs maig tirdaig mrig dlivris t t rr str, t bary, t
bar. W trpd ba pstairs. I ally agd Rss diapr. S
grabbd at r rt, griig. W wt it t mai rm, a
rltlssly lttrd livig rm wit a p it, wi ad
smd li a gd ida br w ad ids. (Prt r trtai-
ig! harry ad said w I mvd i. ha!) Btty sat rss-lggd
xt t Jiprs bwl, rig.o dar Gd, wat ar y atig? I said, dpsitig Rs it
r by sat. S prmptly mmd wlig. I pid r
p dspit t twig btw my sldr blads. Btty pt r
ad ba it Jiprs d bwl ad t rz. Plas d t
at dg d, I said alartdly. I sard r my p i t
diapr bag, wi smd t tai vrytig w wd xpt
diaprs. I ard Btty rig agai. Jipr lappd at r watr.
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I only feel like crying because I am so tired, I tld mysl. Its just that
my eyes are all dried out.
n mssags my p. n missd alls. Stayig alm r
t sa t girls t all t rgy I ad. Wi mad m mad
at harrywat a jr, t pt m trg tis, ad s a t
day!wi mad m immdiatly bit t isid my ,
ard, t pis mysl r tiig s ma tgts abt
sm w was mayb missig ad i dagr, r mayb jst a
g ig jr, r mayb a g ig jr w was vrt-lss missig ad i dagr.
I alld t ( prilig, lgs llwig t), bt
aswrd. It was t arly r ay t b tr i ay rmal
srt apaity. I pitrd harry aslp i is air, ad d
ba at a trribl agl. oay. Tat wld ma a y stry
smday: He was so tired, because you never slept, Rose, that one night
he called to say he was on his way home and then promptly fell asleepin his chair. c harry rbbig is rlly, as i rmmbrig
t pai p waig.
Atr all, ad b wrig a lt lat rs rtly. I pd
by agig it my pajamas at six p.m. vry igt ad trtai-
ig Btty ad mysl wit labrat, magial bdtim stris. h was
t missig t, I tld mysl, ts grat bdig watvrs.
Atr all t mmts partig tat, lts b st, rally sd,I livd r tat twiligt tim w Btty sggld p ad prmptd
m, ll t sy. T my t-md mastrs dgr i Rssia
llr (it sdd gd at t tim) gt its mmt t si. Ys,
I tld Btty, wrig a mb trg a pst-bat sarl. o tr
was a s-wma w livd at t bttm t rivr. evry igt
s am t ad dad i t madw by t ligt t m.
At t par? I Bttys tw-ad-a-al-yar-ld mid (as i
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Yp. I t big ld t way t t arsl. Ad s wld
da ad da. Ad smtims limb a tr t brs r air.
Bt ly i r mama tr.
Rigt. exatly. Fr saty. Ad s igt a ma wald
by . . . Btty lvd w ts gstly mrmaids lrd ildr
wit rit sas ad Pirats Bty (y, watr spirits w wat
littl ids li) ad spially w ty tild m t dat.
Bt t wheely? S til im? Bt t wheely.
Wll . . . Ad t wld m a til t d all tils. Ts-wma stris ad mrgd rm a t vrpartig piq,
w it was rvald tat wil babysittig igt Gradma
Sylvia ad xpsd my dagtr t Disys isipid Little Mermaid
mvi, wit its ty-bppr ri. Id rltd a lt t
prt partig idals Id ad as a pr-part, bt tis was t
m. Mrmaids ad b my avrit grs i t Slavi airy-
tal pat, bt it was bas ty wr wird ad pwrl ada littl sary, t bas ty ld grat i lamsll biiis. I
admit tat I tdd t glt t girls wardrbst tss
qtit tir ats ad drsss t arly as ig as migt
xpt rm a pair brwst-Brly babisad tigs li
lippig tir ails ad datig tm abt tiqtt r Gd r
-mirwavd isi. Bt simprig mal rl mdls ad
saari airy stris? cm . I lt t t parts abt mr-
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