num_pages: 168
description: Rosa Guy’s tropical retelling of "The Little Mermaid" is the gorgeous, tragic love story of Désirée, a beautiful peasant girl who devotes herself to the handsome, aristocratic young man whose life she has saved. When his upper-class fami-ly feels that Désirée’s skin is too dark and her family too poor for a boy destined for power and wealth, Désirée proves that she is willing to give everything for love. This lovely reprint will break your heart.
language: English
title: My Love, My Love or the Peasant Girl
titlecomplete: My Love, My Love or the Peasant Girl
genres: Fiction, Retellings, Fairy Tale Retellings, Musicals, Romance, Classics, Fantasy, Fairy Tales
ratings_count: 340
publisher: Coffee House Press