Jade Song is an artist, art director, and w riter. Their stories and essays have appeared in Teen Vogue, Electric Literature, and various literary magazines. Chlorine is her debut novel. They reside in New York.
<p>'This fantastically strange, explosive debut novel entrances even as it unsettles. It's so brilliantly written' </p><p>BUZZFEED</p><p>Ren Yu is a sw immer. Her daily life starts and ends w ith the pool. Her teammates are her only friends. Her coach, her guiding light. If she sw ims w ell enough, she w ill be scouted, get a scholarship, go to a good school. Her parents w ill love her. Her coach w ill be kind to her. She w ill have a good life. </p><p>But these are human concerns. The concerns of those confined to land. Ren grew up on stories of creatures of the deep, of the oceans and the rivers. Stories that called sailors to their doom. Stories that dragged them dow n and drow ned them. Stories of the creature that she's alw ays longed to become: a mermaid. Ren aches to be in the w ater. She dreams of the scent of chlorine - the feel of it on her skin. And she w ill do anything she can to make a life for herself w here she can be free. No matter the pain. No matter w hat anyone else thinks. No matter how much blood she has to spill.</p><p>In the vein of Our Wives Under the Sea and The Vegetarian, Chlorine is a pow erful, relevant tale of immigration, sapphic longing, and fierce, defiant becoming.</p>
