The Girl with the Mermaid Hair

Name: The Girl with the Mermaid Hair
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Delia Ephron
ISBN: 9780061938290

Author: Delia Ephron

Narrator: Sarah Drew

Unabridged: 6 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 01/05/2010

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Click. Sukie Jamieson takes a selfie after her tennis lesson. Click. She takes one before she has to give a presentation in class. Click. She takes one to be sure there's nothing in her teeth after eating pizza at Clementi's. And if she can't take a selfie, she checks her reflection in windows, spoons, car chrome—anything available, really. So when her mother gives her an exquisite full-length mirror that once belonged to her grandmother, Sukie is thrilled. So thrilled that she doesn't listen to her mother's warning: “This mirror will be your best friend and worst enemy.” Because mirrors, as Sukie discovers, show not only the faraway truth but the truth close up. And finding out that close-up truth changes people. Often forever. Acclaimed novelist and screenwriter Delia Ephron crafts a powerful novel of truth, beauty, and the secrets about family and friends that lie beneath perfection.

About Delia Ephron

Delia Ephron is a critically acclaimed novelist and screenwriter. Her most recent book, Frannie in Pieces, received four starred reviews, was a Book Sense Pick, and was named to the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age list. She is also the author of Big City Eyes, Hanging Up, and How to Eat Like a Child. Her screenwriting credits include The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, You've Got Mail, Bewitched, Hanging Up, and Michael. She lives in New York City with her husband and their dog, Honey Pansy Cornflower Bernice Mambo Kass.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karissa on December 30, 2010

I thought this book sounded quirky and interesting. While the second half of the book is okay, the first half is pretty painful to get through. This book is definitely not a fantasy at all (for some reason I thought it was) and is more of an over-characterized commentary on teen social disorders. I......more

Goodreads review by Kait on January 21, 2010

I don't know how to say this nicely so I'm just going to say it honestly. I hated The Girl With The Mermaid Hair. I couldn't get into the story and I couldn't get past the main character's personality. The Girl With The Mermaid Hair is the story of Sukie Jamieson. From the very beginning I knew I was......more

Goodreads review by Kristy on April 13, 2011

I'm glad that's over with. The entire time reading it, I just wanted it to be over. Obviously, I didn't like this one. It only got interesting toward the end, but it was too late. The writing was all over the place, hard to follow. I feel sympathy for all the characters, but I will forget them easil......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on April 15, 2022

YA book and left to many ?s!......more

Goodreads review by Marsha on September 14, 2022

Like many mundane adolescent females, Susannah Danielle Jamieson, more commonly known as Sukie, is obsessed with her looks. With 20th-century technology on her side, she can even check her looks constantly via selfies, which allows her obsession to spiral almost out of control. When her mother gives......more