The novel explores interactions among the group under the tension of enforced isolation in hiding.Īmerican Woman received positive acclaim from critics and it was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. At the request of her friend Rob Frazer (based on Jack Scott), she agrees to help shelter fugitives Yvonne (based on Emily Harris) and her husband Juan (based on William Harris), and Pauline (based on Patty Hearst) after they mistakenly give up the location of their revolutionary cadre (based on the Symbionese Liberation Army). Japanese–American Jenny Shimada (based on the radical activist Wendy Yoshimura) is a former radical on the run from the FBI. It is written and directed by Semi Chellas, starring Hong Chau.
Ī film adaptation of the same name was released in 2019. American Woman is a 2003 novel written by American Susan Choi, based on the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Army and following events with activists.
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