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American Woman

By: Susan Choi
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
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A young fugitive is drawn into a group of revolutionaries in this stunning, Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel.
On the run after an act of violence against the American government, twenty-five-year-old Jenny Shimada is drawn into caring for three younger fugitives. One of them, the kidnapped granddaughter of a San Francisco millionaire, has become a national celebrity for joining her captors’ revolutionary cell.
Yet as Jenny and her charges pursue their destinies from an old farmhouse in upstate New York to California, isolation turns to paranoia and their radical ideals soon begin to fracture.

‘I couldn’t put American Woman down’ Joan Didion
‘A fascinating portrait of dangerous fragility’ New York Times

‘Beautiful… A work of real achievement’ Jennifer Egan
‘Mesmerising’ Vanity Fair
‘Riveting, deeply affecting’ Jhumpa Lahiri
'Amazing…compelling’ Los Angeles Times

© Susan Choi 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

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