![]() Although both of their characters are sharply etched and recognizable, Kate and Charlotte make such strong demands upon the reader's affection that scenes in which only one of them appears seem incomplete. ![]() Her novel, Mermaids was made into a movie, starring Cher, Winona Ryder and. Six-year-old Kate, daughter of a frustrated Olympic swimmer who disappeared before her birth, spends most of her time in the pool or the bathtub, and wants to stay put until she feels like a ""human bean'' again. Patty Dann has published seven books, four fiction and three non-fiction. Charlotte feels alone in the world and strangely disconnected from the rest of. The novel focuses on Charlotte's search for belonging or membership. Flax), and her champion swimmer sister Kate. Like the movie, the book tells the story of teenager Charlotte Flax, her mother (Mrs. ![]() Charlotte is determined to wait there until her unknown fatherwhose shoes she keeps on her shelf as a kind of sacramentpays the visit her mother is always forecasting. If you are like me, you probably first saw the movie (Mermaids). Flax, whose promiscuity extends to her surroundings, has driven Charlotte and her little sister Kate all over the country looking for a place that will not pall this time, though, the children clamor to stay. Charlotte may censure her mother's bedroom generosity, but she is doubly severe with her own, flagellating her body and emulating the nuns in the convent near her house, one of 18 she's inhabited in her short life. ![]() Flax and whose impulse toward martyrdom is enfeebled by erotic desire. There is a charm and freshness to this first novel, whose 14-year-old protagonist, Charlotte, speaks of her mother as Mrs. ![]()
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