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American mermaid : a novel / Julia Langbein.
"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." -- 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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- 12 of 13 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
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- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Kansas City Public Library | FICTION LANGBEIN 2023 (Text) | 0001012508886 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Cape Girardeau Public Library | LAN (Text) | 33042004899723 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Pleasant Hill | F LAN 2023 (Text) | 0002206031359 | Adult Fiction | Reshelving | - |
| De Soto Public Library | F LANGBEIN Julia (Text) | 33858000087435 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson County Library-Arnold | F LANGBEIN Julia (Text) | 30061100161625 | Fiction | Checked out | 04/15/2024 |
| Ray County Library | F LAN (Text) | 2910011713 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Scenic Regional-Hermann | FIC LAN (Text) | 3007912237 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Scenic Regional-Sullivan | FIC LAN (Text) | 3007912040 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Scenic Regional-Union | FIC LAN (Text) | 3007912032 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Scenic Regional-Wright City | FIC LAN (Text) | 3007912024 | Fiction | Available | - |
