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Book review: Chlorine turns societal pressures on young women into body horror
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Debut author Jade Song uses her Chinese-American roots and background as a competitive swimmer to craft a novel that is equal parts literature and horror.
PHOTOS: WILLIAM MORROW, HUI CHENG
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Chlorine
By Jade Song
Fiction/William Morrow/Hardcover/256 pages/$51.84/Books Kinokuniya
4 stars
Swimming is all Ren Yu cares about. Ever since she received a book about mermaids as a child, water has consumed her life.
