Mermaids in Paradise - Lydia Millet

In this "comic masterpiece" (Salon), honeymooners Deb and Chipour opinionated, skeptical narrator and her cheerful jock husbandbefriend a marine biologist who discovers mermaids in a coral reef. As a resort chain swoops in to exploit the shy creatures, the newlyweds unite with other adventurous vacationers to stop the company from turning the reef into a theme park. Mermaids in Paradise is Lydia Millet's most fun book yet, tempering the sharp satire of her early career with the empathy and subtlety of her more recent novels and short stories.