Chlorine

'This fantastically strange, explosive debut novel entrances even as it unsettles. It's so brilliantly written' - Buzzfeed 'This book was viscerally unnerving and I could not put it down' - Sarah Gailey, author of THE ECHO WIFE 'Ren Yu is a fierce young woman who's dreamed of mermaids ever since she can remember-dreams so vivid that the first touch of water in a swimming pool alters her life forever, sending her down a path that's both beautiful and frightening. Chlorine isn't just a coming of age story. It's the tale of transformation from human to something wilder and more transcendent. It's about love and longing and the willingness to do anything to become who you truly are' - Richard Kadrey, New York Times-bestselling author of the SANDMAN SLIM series 'A strikingly original coming-of-age story . . . Full of contradictions, magnificently balancing and remarkably sustaining wonder with dread and magical realism with harsh reality, with a heartbreakingly beautiful and intensely uneasy tone, this is a story that will hold readers in its thrall. [A] great choice for fans of weird, immersive, female-driven body horror by authors like Julia Armfield, Cassandra Khaw, and Carmen Maria Machado' - Booklist starred review