Chlorine : a novel / Jade Song.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Song, Jade, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women swimmers--Fiction.

Women swimmers.

Mermaids--Fiction.

Mermaids.

Monsters--Fiction.

Monsters.

Teenage girls--Fiction.

Teenage girls.

Chinese American teenagers--Fiction.

Chinese American teenagers.

Lesbian teenagers--Fiction.

Lesbian teenagers.

Genre:

Bildungsromans.

Fairy tales.

Queer fiction.

Fantasy fiction.

Body horror fiction.

Physical Description:

237 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]

Summary:

"Ren Yu is a swimmer. Her daily life starts and ends with the pool. Her teammates are her only friends. Her coach, her guiding light. If she swims well enough, she will be scouted, get a scholarship, go to a good school. Her parents will love her. Her coach will be kind to her. She will have a good life. But these are human concerns. These are the concerns of those confined to land, those with legs. Ren grew up on stories of creatures of the deep, of the oceans and the rivers. Ones that called sailors to their doom. Ones that dragged them down and drowned them. Ones that feasted on their flesh. Ones of the creature that she's always longed to become: mermaid. Ren aches to be in the water. She dreams of the scent of chlorine, the feel of it on her skin. And she will do anything she can to make a life for herself where she can be free. No matter the pain. No matter what anyone else thinks. No matter how much blood she has to spill"--Book jacket flap.

ISBN:

9780063257603

0063257602

OCLC:

1373629489