Penelope Schieman wrote a blockbuster novel allowing her to quit her high school teaching job and move to a glass high rise fortress in Los Angeles. Even better, the novel was optioned and she has been asked to help write the screenplay. What could go wrong? She finds that the make believe world of movies is almost the same as reality in Hollywood. Deals are made at poolside parties where she must learn to navigate the shark infested waters of temperamental directors, a host of actors/actresses and so many writers. Seemingly overnight her story of a foundling baby who grows up wheelchair bound and confused by her feelings turns out to be a mermaid gets turned into a superhero, action adventure flick featuring a teenage sex bomb. The beauty of this story is that the reader is privy to Penelope's book and the Hollywood highjinx giving us a beautiful parallel of finding yourself and your voice and the way Penelope's words and voice get silenced. Feminist coming of age and delightfully funny this masterful debut will empower women trapped like the mermaid to add their voice to the siren song. For fans of SIREN QUEEN and PLAIN BAD HEROINES. 4 stars
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