American mermaid : a novel / Julia Langbein.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385549677
- ISBN: 0385549679
- Physical Description: 329 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
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Subject: | Mermaids > Fiction. Women > Fiction. Screenwriters > Fiction. High school teachers > Fiction. Los Angeles (Calif.) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Humorous fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 20 of 22 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 22 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Albright Memorial Library | FICTION LANGBEI (Text) | 50686016284924 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Altoona Area Public Library | F LAN (Text) | 33240005155828 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Carbondale Public Library | FICTION LANGBEI (Text) | 50688010857630 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Degenstein Community Library | FIC LANGBEIN (Text) | 35031301254180 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) | LAN (Text) | 92526203 | GFWM Main Room | Available | - |
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library | Adults LAN Fiction (Text)
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Plated 2023: In Memory of Anthony & Josephine Greco
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34007002489784 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | Fiction Langbein (Text) | 39427103728218 | Fiction Room: Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Kutztown Community Library | LAN (Text) | 33249024888285 | Fiction | Checked Out | 05/04/2024 |
Littlestown Library | FIC LANGBEIN JULIA (Text) | 35740635937501 | Fiction | Available | - |
Martin Library | Adults LAN Fiction (Text) | 33454005950068 | Reading Room Balcony | Available | - |