American Woman: A Novel

€œSusan Choi€¦proves herself a natural€"a writer whose intelligence and historical awareness effortlessly serve a breathtaking narrative ability. I couldn€t put American Woman down, and wanted when I finished it to do nothing but read it again.€   €"Joan Didion

A novel of impressive scope and complexity, €œAmerican Woman is a thoughtful, meditative interrogation of€¦history and politics, of power and racism, and finally, of radicalism.€ (San Francisco Chronicle), perfect for readers who love Emma Cline€s novel, The Girls.

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.

"A brilliant read...astonishing in its honesty and confidence,€ (Denver Post) American Woman explores the psychology of the young radicals, the intensity of their isolated existence, and the paranoia and fear that undermine their ideals.