{"product_id":"golden-state-book-lydia-kiesling-9780374164836","title":"The Golden State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35 PICK. FINALIST FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION'S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed one of the Best Books of 2018 by NPR, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e. One of \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 Best Debut Novels of 2018. An Amazon Best Book of the Month and named a fall read by \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed, Nylon, Entertainment Weekly, Elle, Vanity Fair, Vulture,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMind Body Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A gorgeous, raw debut novel about a young woman braving the ups and downs of motherhood in a fractured America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In Lydia Kiesling's razor-sharp debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Golden State\u003c\/i\u003e, we accompany Daphne, a young mother on the edge of a breakdown, as she flees her sensible but strained life in San Francisco for the high desert of Altavista with her toddler, Honey. Bucking under the weight of being a single parent--her Turkish husband is unable to return to the United States because of a \"processing error\"--Daphne takes refuge in a mobile home left to her by her grandparents in hopes that the quiet will bring clarity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But clarity proves elusive. Over the next ten days Daphne is anxious, she behaves a little erratically, she drinks too much. She wanders the town looking for anyone and anything to punctuate the long hours alone with the baby. Among others, she meets Cindy, a neighbor who is active in a secessionist movement, and befriends the elderly Alice, who has traveled to Altavista as she approaches the end of her life. When her relationships with these women culminate in a dangerous standoff, Daphne must reconcile her inner narrative with the reality of a deeply divided world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Keenly observed, bristling with humor, and set against the beauty of a little-known part of California, \u003ci\u003eThe Golden State\u003c\/i\u003e is about class and cultural breakdowns, and desperate attempts to bridge old and new worlds. But more than anything, it is about motherhood: its voracious worry, frequent tedium, and enthralling, wondrous love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49522493653265,"sku":"CIN0374164835G","price":3.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49780963672337,"sku":"CIN0374164835VG","price":3.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50298813088017,"sku":"GOR013917900","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51582145397009,"sku":"GOR009275077","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":52817276010769,"sku":"CIN0374164835LN","price":4.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0374164835.jpg?v=1751196863","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/golden-state-book-lydia-kiesling-9780374164836","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}