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My Life as a Mermaid, and Other Stories

by Jen Grow · 2015

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This stunning collection introduces an important new voice in American fiction. The characters—among them a suburban wife, an alcoholic mother, two homeless men, and an injured veteran—grapple with being voiceless and feeling trapped.

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The fiction editor of Little Patuxent Review, Jen Grow's fiction and nonfiction have appeared in the Writer's Chronicle, Other Voices, Sun Magazine, Indiana Review, and many others, including the anthology City Sages: Baltimore. She's received two Individual Artist Awards from Maryland State Arts.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2010s2010sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 216 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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