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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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Abstract:
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 Zach, rebellious high school senior in suburban New Jersey, it seems that the security and happiness of the American dream might finally be within reach.
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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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