{"product_id":"american-mermaid-9780385549677","title":"American Mermaid","description":"\u003cb\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR - A brilliantly funny debut novel that 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliantly sharp, funny, and thought-provoking, the gripping story of a woman trying to find her way in our chaotic world.\" --Madeline Miller, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBroke English teacher Penelope Schleeman is as surprised as anyone when her feminist novel \u003ci\u003eAmerican Mermaid \u003c\/i\u003ebecomes a best-seller. Lured by the promise of a big payday, she quits teaching and moves to L.A. to turn the novel into an action flick with the help of some studio hacks. But as she's pressured to change her main character from a fierce, androgynous eco-warrior to a teen sex object in a clamshell bra, strange things start to happen. Threats appear in the screenplay; siren calls lure Penelope's co-writers into danger. Is Penelope losing her mind, or has her mermaid come to life, enacting revenge for Hollywood's violations? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Mermaid\u003c\/i\u003e follows a young woman braving the casual slights and cruel calculations of a ruthless industry town, where she discovers a beating heart in her own fiction, a mermaid who will fight to move between worlds \u003ci\u003ewithout\u003c\/i\u003e giving up her voice. A hilarious story about deep things, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Mermaid\u003c\/i\u003e asks how far we'll go to protect the parts of ourselves that are not for sale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia Langbein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Doubleday Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.49h x 6.39w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385549677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2022 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2023 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJULIA LANGBEIN, a sketch and standup comedian for many years, holds a doctorate in Art History and is the author of a non-fiction book about comic art criticism (\u003ci\u003eLaugh Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2022). She wrote the viral comedy blog The Bruni Digest (2003-7), which reviewed \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e critic Frank Bruni's restaurant reviews every week and has since written about food, art and travel for \u003ci\u003eGourmet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEater\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. A native of Chicago, she lives outside of Paris with her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doubleday Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40806174064755,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":31.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e4bae44a-3ab5-44d9-a421-58d6b98dc27b.jpg?v=1682686704","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/american-mermaid-9780385549677","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}