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American Woman

by Susan Choi

A young fugitive is drawn into a group of revolutionaries in this stunning, Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel.


'I couldn't put American Woman down' Joan Didion

'A fascinating portrait of dangerous fragility' New York Times

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.

'Beautiful... A work of real achievement' Jennifer Egan

'Mesmerising' Vanity Fair

'Riveting, deeply affecting' Jhumpa Lahiri

'Amazing...compelling' Los Angeles Times

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Pages:

416

Published:

Jun 2026

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Random House

Imprint

Jonathan Cape

ISBN:

9781529960624

A young fugitive is drawn into a group of revolutionaries in this stunning, Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel.




'I couldn't put
American Woman down' Joan Didion



'A fascinating portrait of dangerous fragility'
New York Times

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.



'Beautiful... A work of real achievement' Jennifer Egan




'Mesmerising'
Vanity Fair



'Riveting, deeply affecting' Jhumpa Lahiri




'Amazing...compelling'
Los Angeles Times

$28.00
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