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American Woman
- Author
- Susan Choi
- Narrator
- Emily Woo Zeller
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 23 April 2026
- Run Time
- 15 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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A young fugitive is drawn into a group of revolutionaries in this absorbing novel from the author of Flashlight
On the run after an act of violence against the American government, twenty-five-year-old Jenny Shimada is drawn into caring for three younger fugitives. One of them, the kidnapped granddaughter of a San Francisco millionaire, has become a national celebrity for joining her captors’ revolutionary cell.
Yet as Jenny and her charges pursue their destinies from an old farmhouse in upstate New York to California, isolation turns to paranoia and their radical ideals soon begin to fracture.
‘I couldn’t put American Woman down’ Joan Didion
‘A fascinating portrait of dangerous fragility’ New York Times
‘Beautiful… A work of real achievement’ Jennifer Egan
© Susan Choi 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
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Details
- Author
- Susan Choi
- Narrator
- Emily Woo Zeller
- Duration
- 15 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 April 2026
- ISBN
- 9781529976649
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: politics / economics, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction, Fiction based on or inspired by true events
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.A young fugitive is drawn into a group of revolutionaries in this absorbing novel from the author of FlashlightOn the run after an act of violence against the American government, twenty-five-year-old Jenny Shimada is drawn into caring for three younger fugitives. One of them, the kidnapped granddaughter of a San Francisco millionaire, has become a national celebrity for joining her captors’ revolutionary cell.Yet as Jenny and her charges pursue their destinies from an old farmhouse in upstate New York to California, isolation turns to paranoia and their radical ideals soon begin to fracture.‘I couldn’t put American Woman down’ Joan Didion‘A fascinating portrait of dangerous fragility’ New York Times‘Beautiful… A work of real achievement’ Jennifer Egan© Susan Choi 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
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