American Woman

<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><strong>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></strong></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>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>