“Both of characters are sharply etched and recognizable.

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 “This is a really funny book about people trying to find something to hang onto in a world that keeps shifting under their feet. 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 Fact 3: Mermaids was made into a movie starring Cher as Mrs. “Patty Dann gives us a magnificent voice in the young Charlotte . . . At the same time, the young caretaker at the convent is inspiring some unsaintly thoughts . . . 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. When they settle into a quiet New England town in 1963, the teenager yearns to stay put for once. The 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. About the Author Patty Dann is the author of Sweet and Crazy Mermaids. Dann has created a young girl who accepts the.

Shes smitten with the shy young caretaker at the convent at the top of the hill. Charlottes main ambition in life is to become a saint, preferably martyred, though shes Jewish. a radiant debut.” - The New York Times Book Review Fenton Johnson, author of Geography of the Heart: A Memoir Patty Dann writes. And then theres Charlotte, who in Patty Danns hands, is transformed into a young woman of infinite whim and variety. 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 . . .

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