Bind Me Tighter Still (1947)

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Featured by CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS, one of "12 MUST-READ BOOKS OF SEPTEMBER 2025" AUTHOR OF AWARD-WINNING, ANIMAL WIFE WINNER OF CAI EMMONS FICTION AWARD and ERIC HOFFER AWARD FOREWORD INDIE AWARD FINALIST "The poetic prose mixed with the intense subject matter creates an undertow that will pull readers in."—Booklist "A modern-day fairy tale that is both ghastly and beautiful."—Kirkus Mother and daughter mermaids navigate starting over and finding their place in the world in Lara Ehrlich's debut novel. The youngest siren sister, Ceto is weary of an existence driven by hunger, no better than a fish. She trades her tail for legs, marries the first man she meets, and bears a daughter—only to find domesticity as suffocating as the sea. Craving more, Ceto flees with her daughter Naia back to