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The English American: A Novel

The English American: A Novel

by Alison Larkin (Author)

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    Hardcover 2008

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Synopsis

Adopted at birth into a loving, tidy family, charming, chronically untidy Pippa Dunn hopes that finding her birth parents will help her understand why she's so different from everyone she knows - and somehow cure her of her inability to trust even the most devoted of men. She meets her untidy, creative birth mother in Georgia, her charismatic birth father in Washington DC - and moves to New York to be near them, while pursuing an exciting new career. At the same time, she re-connects with a man she hardly knows, who also seems to understand her and sends her seductive emails from around the world. She's found her 'self' and everything she thought she wanted. Or has she?

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 352
 Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster Hardcover Ed
 Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 19 May 2008
ISBN 10: 141655159X
ISBN 13: 9781416551591

Media Reviews
The English American has something universal to teach about adoption and all the big issues that go along with it, including love, grace and acceptance. Both poignant and funny, the story rings true because the author has lived the situation. It looks like Larkin has a winner on her hands in this semi-autobiographical novel about an adoptee's identity crisis. -- The Oregonian
The English American is a funny, charming and poignant book -- the kind that you can't resist reading in a single day. -- Chicago Sun Times
Drawn from Larkin's own life, this debut novel -- like Pippa herself -- is smart, funny, and utterly charming. -- Booklist
The English American is an engaging, highly readable tale of one woman's search for love and a place in the world. -- The Star Ledger
You need only to turn the page to find something that will make you laugh...or cry...Pippa's journey of self-discovery and identity becomes our own. I still think about her, weeks after finishing this book. -- Adoptive Families Magazin e
Alison Larkin nails the Anglo-American cultural divide brilliantly in the most compelling novel I have read in years. Fast-paced, moving, deeply comic and sexy, I could not put it down. --Clive Pearse, HGTV, Host of Designed to Sell and Design Star
Alison Larkin has written a book that makes you laugh and cry at the same time. Not only that, The English American is a story that you've never read before... You will love it! --Gail Parent, Emmy Award winning writer for T racey Takes On, The Golden Girls, and The Carol Burnett Show
Deceptively simple in framework, the novel successfully veers between poignancy and outrageous humor, with Larkin having great fun with English and American cultures as Pippa navigates her way through the culture clashes and extended families to recognize her unique, quirky self.. -- Library Journal
The English American is a heartfelt journey through the dual life of a vulnerable woman who is searching for her past in an attempt to find her future...this comedic jaunt into the nature v. nurture enigma is sure to acquire a beloved spot in hearts and on bookshelves for years to come. -- GTWeekly