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Mermaid in Chelsea Creek
Mermaid in Chelsea Creek | Michelle Tea
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Everyone in the broken-down town of Chelsea, Massachussetts, has a story too worn to repeatfrom 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 theres one story they all still tell: the oldest and saddest but most hopeful story, the one about the girl who will be able to take their twisted world and straighten it out. The girl who will bring the magic. Could Sophie Swankowski be that girl? With her tangled hair and grubby clothes, her weird habits and her visions of a filthy, swearing mermaid who comes to her when shes unconscious, Sophie could be the one to uncover the power flowing beneath Chelseas potholed streets and sludge-filled rivers, and the one to fight the evil that flows there, too. Sophie might discover her destiny, and maybe even in time to save them all.
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Clwojick
Clwojick
Mermaid in Chelsea Creek | Michelle Tea
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Another YA added to my TBR. 💞 mostly because I loooove mermaids and the title is adorable. #LibraryWishlist

Have any of my fellow Littens read this book? Would you recommend? Please let me know. ☺️

ReadingEnvy The same Michelle Tea that wrote ?
[tagged book]Black Wave
7y
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pocketmermaid
pocketmermaid
Mermaid in Chelsea Creek | Michelle Tea
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Thanks so much @Daisydo - you noticed I like mermaids & unicorns!! ?????I'm SO excited for "Mermaid in Chelsea Creek"!! I love the unicorn horn polish and mermaid tears! And the tote bag slogan couldn't be more accurate - snack, nap, read! Yes! But as a lesbian, I'm not sure what to do with the condoms! At first I thought they were candy! ? Excited for all the reading I'm going to do! #SummerSantaGoesPostal #SummerSolsticeBookExchange

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JoeStalksBeck ‼️👏👏👏👏👏‼️ 7y
BookishMarginalia ??? I was looking at the condoms too! Who knew they came in "literary varieties"! And you've got to admit, "Great Expectations" is VERY appropriate! This, I think, has just made my day, I laughed so much! ????????? 7y
pocketmermaid @BookishMarginalia Yes, I have to appreciate the name "Great Expectations"! I immediately thought of giving these to my pal @sedeara - but she is already pregnant. Darn, too late for condoms! ? 7y
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sedeara Hey, I won't be pregnant much longer!! I will totally take your great expectations condoms -- we currently have just one condom in our stash that didn't expire while we were pregnant or trying to get pregnant. 😛 7y
pocketmermaid @sedeara Consider them yours! 🍆 7y
Daisydo I thought the condoms were so funny on independent bookstore day, I just had to get them! I don't think I ever expected them to get used. :) I found the mermaid things in San Francisco at 626 Valencia, aka the pirate store. Everything there was so appropriate for your box. I had a great time shopping for you! 7y
riversong153 Condom balloon? 🎈 7y
pocketmermaid @Daisydo They're hilarious! And I won't let them go to waste! I feel like 626 Valencia is a store I'd like to shop in. 😄I wish I could've participated in Independent Bookstore Day! 7y
pocketmermaid @riversong153 Craft idea! 👌 7y
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flockingmolly
flockingmolly
Mermaid in Chelsea Creek | Michelle Tea
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"There were things about having a body that were extra hard on her friend."

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KS1805
KS1805
Mermaid in Chelsea Creek | Michelle Tea
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Mehso-so

Not particularly compelling and the mermaid was hardly a character.