Mona in the Promised Land: A Novel

303 pp. "In 1968, the Chang family moves to posh Scarshill, New York, where the rhododendrons are as big as the Chang family's old bathroom, and nobody trims the forsythia into little can shapes. This takes some getting used to--especially since there's also a new social landscape, with a hot line, a mystery caller, and a temple youth group full of radical ideas. From the author of Typical American."