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My new American life

Author: Francine Prose
Publisher: New York : Harper, ©2011.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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While working for an idealistic college professor, twenty-six-year old Lula, an Albanian trying to make a better life for herself in America, finds her life taking a complicated turn when her Albanian "brothers" return, in a novel set in the aftermath of 9/11.
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Genre/Form: Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Francine Prose
ISBN: 0061713767 9780061713767
OCLC Number: 670375246
Description: 306 p. ; 24 cm.
Other Titles: My new American life :
Responsibility: Francine Prose.
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An Albanian living surreptitiously in New York City on an expiring tourist visa, twenty-six year old Lula hopes to make a better life for herself in America. When she lands a job as caretaker to  Read more...

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"Prose succeeds by transforming anxiety into compassion--it's a little lever that gets tripped when we truly imagine what another person feels."--Los Angeles Times

 
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