The pisces

By Melissa Broder

Subjects: Fiction, fantasy, contemporary, Mermen, Interpersonal relations, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Man-woman relationships, Fiction, psychological, Women graduate students

Description: Bottoming out after a dramatic breakup, doctoral student Lucy accepts her sister's invitation to dog-sit at her home on Venice Beach for the summer, where she meets an eerily attractive swimmer whose Sirenic identity transforms her understanding of what real love looks like.