{"product_id":"my-new-american-life-9780061713798","title":"My New American Life","description":"\"Francine Prose is a world-classsatirist who's also a world-class storyteller.\"--Russell Banks \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrancine Prose captures contemporary America at itsmost hilarious and dreadful in \u003cem\u003eMy New American Life\u003c\/em\u003e, a darkly humorousnovel of mismatched aspirations, Albanian gangsters, and the ever-elusiveAmerican dream. Following her \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling novels \u003cem\u003eBlueAngel \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eA Changed Man\u003c\/em\u003e, Prose delivers the darkly humorous storyof Lula, a twenty-something Albanian immigrant trying to find stability andcomfort in New York City in the charged aftermath of 9\/11. Set at the frontlines of a cultural war between idealism and cynicism, inalienable rights andimplacable Homeland Security measures, \u003cem\u003eMy New American Life \u003c\/em\u003eis a movingand sardonic journey alongside a cast of characters exploring what it means tobe American.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProse, Francine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eFrancine Prose is the author of twenty-one works of fiction including, the highly acclaimed \u003cem\u003eMister Monkey\u003c\/em\u003e; the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eLovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eA Changed Man\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; and \u003cem\u003eBlue Angel\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include the highly praised \u003cem\u003eAnne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, \u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eReading Like a Writer\u003c\/em\u003e, which has become a classic. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, a Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Prose is a former president of PEN American Center, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at Bard College.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317899432210,"sku":"9780061713798","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0f86632c-74c1-4416-b3c9-b55837e0fce9.jpg?v=1727542441","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-new-american-life-9780061713798","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}