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A brilliantly funny and razor-tongued debut follows a writer lured to Los Angeles to adapt her feminist mermaid novel into a big-budget action film, believing her heroine has come to life to seek revenge for Hollywood's violations. Penelope Schleeman, a broke Connecticut high school teacher, is surprised when her debut novel, "American Mermaid," about a wheelchair-bound scientist named Sylvia who discovers her withered legs are remnants of a powerful tail, becomes a bestseller. Lured to LA by promises of easy money, Penelope is tasked with co-writing the screenplay for a major studio alongside two male hacks. As the studio pressures her to transform Sylvia from a fierce eco-warrior into a teen sex object, strange occurrences unfold. Threats emerge in the screenplay draft, and siren calls lead people into danger. When her partners attempt to kill off Sylvia in a false cinematic ending, tensions escalate. Is Penelope losing her mind, or is Sylvia truly among us? The story explores a young woman's journey through a world of casual smiles and ruthless calculation, as she discovers a beating heart in her fiction—a creature she’ll do anything to protect. This comic and insightful tale features two female characters in search of truth, love, and self-acceptance as they navigate their worlds without losing their voices.
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American Mermaid, Julia Langbein
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2023
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- Titolo
- American Mermaid
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Julia Langbein
- Editore
- Doubleday
- Pubblicato
- 2023
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 336
- ISBN10
- 0385550014
- ISBN13
- 9780385550017
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Fantasy, Narrativa contemporanea, Erotica, Idee regalo per le medie, Realismo magico, Sirene
- Valutazione
- 3,2 su 5
- Descrizione
- A brilliantly funny and razor-tongued debut follows a writer lured to Los Angeles to adapt her feminist mermaid novel into a big-budget action film, believing her heroine has come to life to seek revenge for Hollywood's violations. Penelope Schleeman, a broke Connecticut high school teacher, is surprised when her debut novel, "American Mermaid," about a wheelchair-bound scientist named Sylvia who discovers her withered legs are remnants of a powerful tail, becomes a bestseller. Lured to LA by promises of easy money, Penelope is tasked with co-writing the screenplay for a major studio alongside two male hacks. As the studio pressures her to transform Sylvia from a fierce eco-warrior into a teen sex object, strange occurrences unfold. Threats emerge in the screenplay draft, and siren calls lead people into danger. When her partners attempt to kill off Sylvia in a false cinematic ending, tensions escalate. Is Penelope losing her mind, or is Sylvia truly among us? The story explores a young woman's journey through a world of casual smiles and ruthless calculation, as she discovers a beating heart in her fiction—a creature she’ll do anything to protect. This comic and insightful tale features two female characters in search of truth, love, and self-acceptance as they navigate their worlds without losing their voices.