American mermaid
(Book)
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Avon Free Library - Adult Fiction
FIC LAN
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FIC LAN
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Cordelia A. Greene Library - Castile - Adult Fiction
FIC LANGBEIN
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FIC LANGBEIN
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Geneva Public Library - First Floor Fiction
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FIC LAN
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Avon Free Library - Adult Fiction | FIC LAN | Available |
Cordelia A. Greene Library - Castile - Adult Fiction | FIC LANGBEIN | Available |
Geneva Public Library - First Floor Fiction | FIC LAN | Available |
Lyons Public Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION Langbein, J. (American Mermaid) | Available |
Victor Farmington Library - Adult Fiction | LAN | Available |
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
"A brilliantly funny and razor-tongued debut which follows a writer lured to Los Angeles to adapt her feminist mermaid novel into a big-budget action film, who believes her heroine has come to life to take revenge for Hollywood's violations. Penelope Schleeman, a consistently broke Connecticut high school teacher, is as surprised as anyone when her sensitive debut novel, "American Mermaid"-the story of a wheelchair-bound scientist named Sylvia who discovers that her withered legs are the vestiges of a powerful tail-becomes a bestseller. Penelope soon finds herself lured to LA by promises of easy money to co-write the "American Mermaid" screenplay for a major studio with a pair of male hacks. As the studio pressures Penelope to change "American Mermaid" from the story of a fierce, androgynous eco-warrior to a teen sex object in a clam bra, strange things start to happen. Threats appear in the screenplay draft; siren calls lure people into danger. When Penelope's screenwriting partners try to kill Sylvia off entirely in a bitterly false but cinematic end, matters off the page escalate. Is Penelope losing her mind, or is Sylvia among us? American Mermaid follows a young woman braving a world of casual smiles and ruthless calculation, where she discovers a beating heart in her own fiction--a creature she'll do anything to protect. By turns both a comic and fabulously insightful tale of two female characters in search of truth, love, and self-acceptance as they move between worlds without giving up their voices"--,Provided by publisher.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Langbein, J. (2023). American mermaid (First edition.). Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Langbein, Julia. 2023. American Mermaid. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Langbein, Julia. American Mermaid Doubleday, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Langbein, Julia. American Mermaid First edition., Doubleday, 2023.
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