A Good American

There s plenty of storytelling charm on display here, with echoes of John Irving s humane zaniness. The New York Times Book Review
What does it mean to be a good citizen? A good member of a family? In A Good American, George considers both questions with humor, compassion, and grace. A beautifully written novel, laced with history and music. Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven
This lush, epic tale of one family s journey from immigrants to good Americans had me alternately laughing and crying, but always riveted. It s a rich, rare treat of a book, and Alex George is a first-rate talent. Sara Gruen, New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants and Ape House

 

"As epic as an opera, as intimate as a lullaby, A Good American swept me through an entire century of triumph and tragedy with the wonderful Meisenheimer family...Alex George has created that rare and beautiful thing a novel I finished and immediately wanted to start again." Eleanor Brown, New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters
A sweeping, lush intergenerational novel about a family learning to live in twentieth-century America. O, The Oprah Magazine