{"product_id":"american-mermaid-a-novel-0593470141","title":"American Mermaid: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0593470141\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Langbein, Julia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR  \"Sublime.\" -New York Times Book Review\"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 CirceBroke English teacher Penelope Schleeman is as surprised as anyone when her feminist, eco-warrior novel American Mermaid becomes 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 societys limited view of what a woman can and should be?American Mermaid 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, American Mermaid asks how far well go to protect the parts of ourselves that are not for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51976025932064,"sku":"NEW0593470141","price":14.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/american-mermaid-a-novel-0593470141","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}