America for Beginners

Enjoyable and happy-making. Maybe closer to 4-stars as it develops, but it seemed to take a while for the story to get going.

This story grabbed me right away and kept me finding ways to come back to read more. The characters were so varied, but each character was given depth and attention by the author. This book was enjoyed by everyone in my book club, which doesn't happen very often! The characters are believable, and their reactions seemed ‘true' to us. We were rooting for the characters and felt that the author does a good job of respecting the story line and laying out a logical path for each.
For our book club, this book was a great one to discuss, and we shared our ideas about the book and topics related for a very quick 90 minutes. Everything from cultural differences to parenting to women's rights to the definition of ‘old' was discussed. We didn't even look at the book discussion questions that we found on BookBrowse until almost an hour into our meeting.
This book is a great novel in and of itself, and an excellent book club pick!
Note: I received this book as part of the Book Club Girls Book Club.