Did you grow up sure you didn’t belong—not in your house, not in your time, not in the body everyone else seemed fine with?

If you’ve hunted for that one special spark, because deep down you knew you’d once been something magical—not a freak, not the family outlier, not the kid performing for attention while craving silence—I Used to Be a Mermaid is for you.

Mary Brotherton’s story speaks to anyone who wondered how they could feel so alone and still long for connection with people who get it.

 Read the book that says: you’re not alone. You never were.