Half man and half seal, a selkie finds himself entangled in marriage to a human woman, drawn against his will into the life of the land-bound. Though robbed of his true self and unable to remember his past, the selkie remains drawn to the sea and its creatures. Ultimately he is forced to make an impossible choice: to reclaim his own freedom, or that of his unborn child. A heady mix of magic, legend, and adventure, this modernized folk tale from the author of Chocolat also features exquisite drawings by Bonnie Helen Hawkins.