Title: 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