San Joaquin Valley native Anita Kopacz discusses her debut novel “Shallow Waters”

The new novel Shallow Waters is an epic fairy tale set in the mid-1800s about an African mermaid who discovers her power after coming to America and traveling the Underground Railroad in search of a mysterious stranger. The author, Anita Kopacz, is a San Joaquin Valley native. She spoke with Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock about the book and the ways in which it was informed by her childhood.