Lula, a young immigrant from Albania, navigates life in the US in the post-9/11 Bush years. This book is entertaining, the comic moments—and there are many—are satirical. I just wish the characters and the situations hadn’t seemed stereotypes. But, maybe that’s how it is when every situation is fraught with all kinds of nuance a person new to living here sees differently than those who have been here all their lives.

posted Jan 3, 2012 at 2:53PM

Well - a new writer has appeared on the horizon . Francine Prose is highly skilled at social satire ! Loved this book , and will read more of her work

posted Sep 4, 2012 at 3:09PM

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