{"product_id":"american-mermaid-paperback","title":"American Mermaid - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Langbein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e for sale in a capitalist world run amok. \"I've never read anything quite like it, and I loved it\" (Elizabeth Gilbert).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBroke English teacher Penelope Schleeman is as surprised as anyone when her feminist, eco-warrior novel \u003ci\u003eAmerican Mermaid \u003c\/i\u003ebecomes 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Mermaid\u003c\/i\u003e 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).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJULIA LANGBEIN, a sketch and stand-up 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763684671776,"sku":"9780593470145","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3900bef44e8f28f46b5b910c0f63a6f5.webp?v=1780239066","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/american-mermaid-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}