{"product_id":"mona-in-the-promised-land-9780679776505","title":"Mona in the Promised Land","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThank You, Mr. Nixon\u003c\/i\u003e comes a \"hilariously funny and seriously important\" novel (Amy Tan) about American multiculturalism and a Chinese American teenager doing her best to fit in-even if it means converting to Judaism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these pages, acclaimed author Gish Jen introduces us to teenaged Mona Chang, who in 1968 moves with her newly prosperous family to Scarshill, New York. Here, the Chinese are seen as \"the new Jews.\" What could be more natural than for Mona to take this literally--even to the point of converting? As Mona attends temple \"rap\" sessions and falls in love (with a nice Jewish boy who lives in a tepee), Jen introduces us to one of the most charming and sweet-spirited heroines in recent fiction, a girl who can wisecrack with perfect aplomb even when she's organizing the help in her father's pancake house. On every page, Gish Jen sets our received notions spinning with a wit as dry as a latter-day Jane Austen's.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679776505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.26w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/18\/1997 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2001 pg. 1837\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/17\/1997\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gish Jen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916965220533,"sku":"9780679776505","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b552e24b-19d9-4c4c-8a79-79cb1ca04848.jpg?v=1687274549","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mona-in-the-promised-land-9780679776505","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}