Mermaids
Reeks: Mermaids
Patty Dann
- A
- teenager
- follows
- along
- as
- her
- mother
- moves
- from
- town
- to
- town—and
- man
- to
- man—in
- this
- coming-of-age
- novel:
- “Both
- hilarious
- and
- tragic
- .
- .
- .
- a
- radiant
- debut.”
- —The
- New
- York
- Times
- Book
- ReviewThe
- inspiration
- for
- the
- cult-classic
- film
- starring
- Winona
- Ryder,
- Christina
- Ricci,
- and
- Cher,
- this
- novel
- is
- narrated
- by
- Charlotte
- Flax,
- a
- fourteen-year-old
- helplessly
- dragged
- by
- her
- mother
- from
- place
- to
- place,
- brief
- affair
- to
- brief
- affair.
- When
- they
- settle
- into
- a
- quiet
- New
- England
- town
- in
- 1963,
- the
- teenager
- yearns
- to
- stay
- put
- for
- once.
- With
- a
- convent
- just
- steps
- away
- from
- their
- home,
- this
- could
- be
- Charlotte’s
- chance
- to
- fulfill
- her
- dream
- of
- becoming
- a
- martyred
- Catholic
- saint—despite
- the
- fact
- that
- she’s
- Jewish.
- At
- the
- same
- time,
- the
- young
- caretaker
- at
- the
- convent
- is
- inspiring
- some
- unsaintly
- thoughts
- .
- .
- .“Patty
- Dann
- gives
- us
- a
- magnificent
- voice
- in
- the
- young
- Charlotte
- .
- .
- .
- Compelling
- and
- tender,
- touching
- and
- alive
- in
- her
- search
- to
- find
- some
- order
- in
- the
- chaos
- of
- her
- life.”
- —The
- New
- York
- Times
- Book
- Review“This
- is
- a
- really
- funny
- book
- about
- people
- trying
- to
- find
- something
- to
- hang
- onto
- in
- a
- world
- that
- keeps
- shifting
- under
- their
- feet.
- Patty
- Dann
- guides
- us
- through
- the
- guerilla
- war
- between
- mother
- and
- daughter,
- through
- the
- minefields
- that
- lie
- between
- being
- a
- child
- and
- being
- an
- adult,
- in
- a
- voice
- not
- like
- any
- we’ve
- heard
- before.”
- —John
- Sayles,
- director
- and
- novelist“Moments
- of
- pure
- gold
- .
- .
- .
- An
- energetic
- talent.”
- —Kirkus
- Reviews“Both
- of
- [the
- sisters’]
- characters
- are
- sharply
- etched
- and
- recognizable.”
- —Publishers
- Weekly“Poignant
- .
- .
- .
- a
- quirky
- charm.” —Booklist
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