Swimming in Starlight

<p><strong>Toddy's mind raced; the mermaid didn't look like the wily sea-vixen they said she would be. He wasn't quite sure what a sea-vixen ought to look like but when he looked at her face her features had the same soft roundness as his younger sister which didn't seem quite right. </strong></p><p></p><p>Young Toddy Windle was not someone given to flights of fancy; in fact his greatest wish in life was to avoid following in his father's carpenter footsteps by becoming a fisherman. However his life is changed forever one morning when he discovers a mermaid tangled in his fishing net. What begins as a strange and somewhat troublesome encounter quickly blossoms into a friendship that spans generations of the Windle family.</p><p>Guided by the mermaid's influence Toddy and his descendants embark on a journey of love and growth as they discover the subtle magics of a world that humans have long forgotten.</p><p>Among the townsfolk of their village by the sea the family is often thought of as strange or other but what is that when compared to the affections of a mermaid and access to a world full of wonder?</p><p>Follow the Windle family over one hundred and fifty years as the threads of their lives intertwine to reveal an important truth:<em> our stories shape our reality.</em></p>