Danny Patty : Mermaids (Film Tie-in) (Signet) - Softcover

Dann, Patty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451169255 ISBN 13: 9780451169259

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, 1967

Synopsis

Follows the escapades and odyssey of Charlotte Flax, a fourteen-year-old Jewish girl who yearns to become a saint and who falls in love with the shy young caretaker of a neighborhood convent

About this title

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

"Pure gold...energetic...frisky...a pleasure!"
- "Kirkus Reviews"

"Antic and poignant slice-of-coming-of-age-novel...a quirky charm will delight readers!"
- "ALA Booklist"

"Charming, fresh...sharply etched."
- "Publishers Weekly"

About the Author:

Patty Dann is the author of "Mermaids" (which was turned into a film starring Cher and Winona Ryder) and "The Baby Boat: A Memoir of Adoption." Dann's articles have appeared in "More Magazine" and the "Chicago Tribune." She has served as a judge for the Scholastic Young Writers Awards. She has an MFA in Writing from Columbia University and a BA in Art History from the University of Oregon. She has taught at Sarah Lawrence College and the West Side YMCA. She was cited by "New York Magazine" as one of the "Great Teachers of New York City." She lives in Manhattan with her son.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Publication date: 1967
• ISBN 10: 0451169255
• ISBN 13: 9780451169259
• Binding: Paperback