{"product_id":"mona-in-the-promised-land-a-novel-vintage-contemporaries","title":"Mona in the Promised Land: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)","description":"From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Thank You, Mr. Nixon 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.\n\nIn 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\u003eASIN: 0679776508\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0679776508.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Jen, Gish\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43646409932861,"sku":"BVV.0679776508.A","price":6.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0679776508-0.jpg?v=1789767222","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/mona-in-the-promised-land-a-novel-vintage-contemporaries","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}