{"product_id":"american-mermaid-9780593470145","title":"American Mermaid [Langbein, Julia]","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJulia Langbein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR - \"Sublime.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\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, 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 hero who fights to keep her voice and choose her place. 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\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.04oz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593470145","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42939373551792,"sku":"9780593470145b","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2341\/9361\/products\/img_5751feb6-1335-4a5f-9884-b71ea6efd48c.jpg?v=1699305458","url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/american-mermaid-9780593470145","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}