DESCRIPTIONS

<p><strong>“Susan Choi…proves herself a natural—a writer whose intelligence and historical awareness effortlessly serve a breathtaking narrative ability. I couldn’t put <em>American Woman</em> down, and wanted when I finished it to do nothing but read it again.”   —Joan Didion</strong></p><p>A novel of impressive scope and complexity, “<em>American Woman</em> is a thoughtful, meditative interrogation of…history and politics, of power and racism, and finally, of radicalism.” (<em>San Francisco Chronicle</em>), perfect for readers who love Emma Cline’s novel, <em>The Girls.</em></p><p>On the lam for an act of violence against the American government, 25-year-old Jenny Shimada agrees to care for three younger fugitives whom a shadowy figure from her former radical life has spirited out of California. One of them, the kidnapped granddaughter of a wealthy newspaper magnate in San Francisco, has become a national celebrity for embracing her captors' ideology and joining their revolutionary cell.</p><p><em>"</em>A brilliant read<em>...</em>astonishing in its honesty and confidence,” (<em>Denver Post</em>) <em>American Woman</em> explores the psychology of the young radicals, the intensity of their isolated existence, and the paranoia and fear that undermine their ideals.</p>