Mona in the Promised Land
Author: Gish Jen
The heroine of Mona in the Promised Land is a true child of the suburbs. Mona–a self-described “self-made mouth” goes to temple, loves pickles, is boy-crazy, worries about getting into the right college and keeping up with her over-achieving sister, and wishes her parents were less strict. Her equally Jewish Westchester classmates hardly notice what everyone else finds ha….Read More
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