Disclosure : This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.

A Good American

Alex George`s A Good American is a positive and uplifting novel about the American Dream. This is the story of the Meisenheimer family, told by James, a third-generation American living in Beatrice, Missouri. It`s where his German grandparents – Frederick and Jette – found themselves after journeying across the turbulent Atlantic, fording the flood-swollen Mississippi, and being brought to a sudden halt by the broken waters of the pregnant Jette. A Good American tells of Jette`s dogged determination to feed a town sauerkraut and soul food; the loves and losses of her children, Joseph and Rosa; and the precocious voices of James and his brothers, sometimes raised in perfect harmony …sometimes in discord. But above all, A Good American is about the music in Frederick`s heart, a song that began as an aria, was jazzed by ragtime, and became an anthem of love for his adopted country that the family still hears to this day. “There`s plenty of storytelling charm on display here, with echoes of John Irving`s humane zaniness”. (The New York Times). “Epic, lyrical, compelling”. (USA Today).”A sweeping, lush intergenerational novel about a family of German-Americans learning to live in 20th-century America”. (Oprah.com).

Related Products:

James Martin`s American Adventure: 80 classic American recipes American War The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between British and American English The Penguin Book of American Short Stories A Field Guide to the North American Family An American Marriage Wayfaring Stranger: A Musical Journey in the American South Notes from A Big Country: Journey into the American Dream Over – The American Landscape at the Tipping Point The Quiet American American National Parks: Alaska, Northern & Eastern USA American English/English American The American Future – A History Native American Wisdom Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain (1942) The Last American Man Skidoo: A Journey Through the Ghost Towns of the American West The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay: An American Family in Iran Certain American States American Pastoral An American Dream: A Novel Heavy: An American Memoir American Desperado: My Life as a Cocaine Cowboy The American Lover Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering American Smoke: Journeys to the End of the Light The Book of Latin American Cooking Janesville: An American Story The South American Diaries Poems of the American South Latin American Folktales The Heartland: An American History The Dog Went Over the Mountain: Travels With Albie: An American Journey Best American Travel Writing 2019 An American Dream An American Anarchist: The Life of Voltaire De Cleyre American West Default ThumbnailGet Started in Latin American Spanish Absolute Beginner Course: (Book and audio support) California: Impressions from the American West