The Long Wake of Loss: Michelene Esposito’s Mermaid

The Long Wake of Loss: Michelene Esposito’s Mermaid

"Esposito’s novel explores what it means to grow up after an almost unimaginable trauma, particularly when grief is tangled with anger, guilt, and the knowledge that the person you mourn was also the person who harmed you," writes Karin K. Jensen about the Alameda-based book, "Mermaid."