“Alex George’s novel traces the journey of a German emigrant couple who end up in Missouri almost by accident, opening into a tale of three generations that is at once funny and sad and spectacularly real. A must read” ---- Speer Morgen, editor of The Missouri Review
“A Good American is a novel to be savored. It’s brave, tender, and funny. As George promises in the opening line of this multigenerational story, ‘Always, there was music.” ---- Rebecca Rasmussen, author of The Bird Sisters
“Richly drawn, tragic, yet laced with humor – A Good American is a remarkable, multigenerational story of a German immigrant family struggling of find roots as dreams collide with honor and secrets lead to heartache.” ---- Beth Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt