A review by dlperin
The Mermaid of Brooklyn by Amy Shearn

5.0

This is the best book I've read in a long time. It is an amazing, humorous, poignant, magical and yet totally realistic depiction of a young mom struggling with 2 small children after her husband runs out on an errand one night and doesn't return. The descriptions of her thoughts on mothering, marriage, hating the perfection of those pulled-together, happily married moms at school, the utter exhaustion and simultaneous delight of keeping little kids occupied and entertained, the constant belief that you're doing it all wrong, the need to find oneself and yet be totally there for one's kids... It's all here. Even her struggle with depression is funny while totally realistic and believable. I loved this and immediately want to start reading it over again.