Mermaid in Chelsea Creek

Author:   Michelle Tea ,  Jason Polan
Publisher:   McSweeney's Publishing
ISBN:  

9781938073366


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 May 2013
Recommended Age:   From 12 years
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Mermaid in Chelsea Creek


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Everyone in the broken-down town of Chelsea, Massachusetts, has a story too worn to repeat--from the girls who play the pass-out game just to feel like they're somewhere else, to the packs of aimless teenage boys, to the old women from far away who left everything behind. But there's one story they all still tell: the oldest and saddest but most ho

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Author:   Michelle Tea ,  Jason Polan
Publisher:   McSweeney's Publishing
Imprint:   McSweeney's Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 20.40cm
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9781938073366


ISBN 10:   1938073363
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 May 2013
Recommended Age:   From 12 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Teenage / Young adult
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Daily Candy names Mermaid in Chelsea Creek in their 14 New Books that Save Brain Cells this Summer I couldn't keep still when I was reading Mermaid In Chelsea Creek. I kept standing up to pace around because I was so excited by the book and then I'd hurry back to my chair so I hadn't missed anything. The novel has everything terrific about Michelle Tea, with the grit and the wit and the girls in trouble loving each other fierce and true, and then it has all the juice of a terrific fantasy novel, with the magic and the creatures and the otherworldly sense of something lurking underneath each artifact of our ordinary lives. I can't keep still to write a blurb about it. Just read the thing, read it now. --Daniel Handler A radiant hybrid of piercing realism, creeping horror, and heartbreaking fantasy--but fantasy with dirt in its hair and scabs on its knees. Tea is an uncommon talent doing uncommon things and her voice tickles you, slaps you, whatever it takes to wake your ass up. --Daniel Kraus, author of Rotters Tea's novel is a refreshing breath of air in the world of YA, equal parts eerie, heartbreaking, and fantastical. --ZYZZYVA Each line carries substantive heft, emblematic of extensive research on Polish mythology, grounded by the gritty, immigrant haven that is Chelsea, Massachusetts. --SF Weekly The story itself braids threads of ancient myths and lore with today's world full of mixed emotions and environmental neglect. It blurs the line between fact and fiction gracefully, thereby making the impossible seem possible. --Insatiable Readers Mermaid in Chelsea Creek is a triumph in its own right, a stand-alone treat. --San Francisco Bay Guardian Tea populated her foray into the genre with head-nods to outsider fantasy, Here, pigeons aren't marginalized--they're bearers of wisdom; and mermaids are surly and complex, not preening or diabolical. --Buzzfeed I started reading Michelle Tea's Mermaid in Chelsea Creek on the subway this morning and was instantly hooked... can't wait to get back to it. --Emily Temple, Flavorwire Literary Editor If you want to read a really original book with gutsy characters, I strongly, sweary recommend you find this book. --Sparknotes There's a lot of heavy wisdom in this book, alongside the beauty and the grunge...And there's a lot of humor too--it wouldn't be Michelle Tea if you didn't laugh out loud at her spot-on cultural observations, her astute sarcasm at the banalities that infiltrate our gorgeous world. --Lamda Literary A fun read... a classic fairytale. --San Francisco Book Review It's as if Chelsea is Narnia, with talking animals, mind readers, and a heroine who, instead of finding a wardrobe, makes herself pass out with her best friend, Ella. --The Boston Globe Lonesomely populating a chasm in books for young readers where the magic comes from the blessed gutter. --The Globe and Mail Sophie Swankowski is the young-adult protagonist we've all been waiting for. -Bitch Magazine Tea's work resists categorization, and like all surprising vanguard literature, it's the news -- a hunk of lyric information that coolly, then frantically, describes the car wreck of her generation and everything that surrounds it. -- Eileen Myles, The Nation


Mischa writes: Sophie is a normal mucky 13 year old who likes to consume salt... but what starts out as a salt addiction and a strange ability to read what resides in the very depths of peoples' hearts (which leads Sophie to think she's crazy!) turns into the uncovering of an ancient prophecy. Having visions of a rare sort of mermaid is only the beginning of this mysterious, magical adventure, which at its heart is a thought-provoking tale about the wonders and mistakes of growing up. The thing I love about Tea's unique story is that she doesn't give us the traditional glamorous, golden haired mermaid living amongst colourful fish at the bottom of the ocean. Instead we are given a dirty, not so polite rendition of a mermaid who happens to inhabit the polluted Chelsea Creek. To accompany this unusual tale, Tea writes with a beautiful prose that is both poetic and engaging. I recommend this book to any teen in the market for something a bit different or even to an adult searching for a read with a special enthralling flair!


Author Information

Michelle Tea is the author of 4 1/2 memoirs, 1 1/2 novels and a collection of poetry. Her memoir Valencia is an underground classic and is currently being made into a feature film by 21 different filmmakers. She is the founder and executive director of RADAR Productions, a literary non-profit which hosts the monthly RADAR Reading Series (voted Best Literary Series by SF Bay Guardian Readers), the infamous Sister Spit Literary Performance tours, an annual poetry chapbook contest, and the Radar LAB Writers' Retreat in Akumal, Mexico. She is a former writer of horoscopes and a current reader of tarot cards. Jason Polan's illustrations are featured regularly in The New York Times. He lives in New York City.

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