My New American Life: A Novel

Helen SimonsonProse spins the many straws of American culture into a golden tale, shimmering with hilarious, if blistering, satire. While those who have pre-ordered Dick Cheney's memoir may not enjoy the pointed barbs about the last Republican White House, readers of all political persuasions will find that Prose is an equal-opportunity satirist in an America that can no longer tell truth from fairy tale.
—The Washington Post




Ron Carlson…a book that brims with smart surprises…Lula is alert and full of longing and beautifully out of place. Like many newcomers, she's more aware of American vibes and American history than the family that eventually takes her in. Lula's droll observations, as she navigates between her new life and her Albanian friends, give Prose's novel the verve we've seen in her previous ­fiction…Throughout this witty novel, she demonstrates an affecting hunger for an American life, even if she often finds that life plenty weird.