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Mona in the Promised Land

Gish Jen

1996
Chinese Americans New York (State) Girls

Unhappy with her own ethnic group, Mona Chang, a Chinese-American, decides to become a Jew. After all, if one has to live as a minority, choose the best. A witty look at ethnicity, multiculturalism and the melting pot. By the author of Typical American.

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