A Good American
Author(s): George Alex
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.
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A sweeping, lush, intergenerational novel about a family . . .learning to live in twentieth-century America.' O, The Oprah Magazine 'Delightful . . . epic and lyrical . . . compelling.' USA Today
General Fields
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- : Penguin Putnam Inc
- : Penguin USA
- : 01 January 2013
- : United States
- : 01 May 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : George Alex
- : Paperback
- : 1