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What is it about mermaids?
They appear throughout history, from legends and books to film and even on your Starbucks cup.
For Megan Dunn, the 1984 movie Splash was the siren call for a lifelong obsession with mermaids, one that she explores in her new book The Mermaid Chronicles.
She She dives into legends, from The Little Mermaid to New Zealand's own Pania of the Reef, and travels to meet the biggest names in the professional mermaid business.
Through her research, Megan came to understand more of her mid-life and motherhood.
And then...there's Daryl Hannah.
Megan joins Kathryn to explain.
