American Mermaid : A Novel

Witty and marvelous(Andrew Sean Greer), this ?sublime? debut (NYTBR) tracks a writer adapting her feminist novel into a screenplay must decide which parts of herself are not for sale in a capitalist world run amok. ?I?ve never read anything quite like it, and I loved it? (Elizabeth Gilbert). Broke English teacher Penelope Schleeman is as surprised as anyone when her feminist, eco-warrior novel American Mermaid becomes a best-seller. But when Hollywood insists she convert her fierce, androgynous protagonist into to a teen sex object in a clamshell bra, strange things start to happen. Is Penelope losing her mind, or has her fictional mermaid come to life, enacting revenge against society?s limited view of what a woman can and should be? American Mermaid follows a young woman braving the casual slights and cruel calculations of a winner-take-all society and discovering a beating heart in her own fiction: a new kind of mermaid who will fight to keep her voice and choose her place. Brilliantly sharp, funny and thought-provoking? (Madeline Miller), this ?absolute weirdo masterpiece? (Jean Kyoung Frazier)? is ?a shapeshifting novel composed of wildly divergent elements [which] succeeds brilliantly? (Tom Perotta).

Author: Julia Langbein

Publisher: Vintage

Publication Date: Feb 27, 2024

Number of Pages: 337 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0593470141

ISBN-13: 9780593470145