The pisces

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.

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

Places: California