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The Golden State

In Lydia Kiesling's debut novel, 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...

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Main Author: Kiesling, Lydia, 1984- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Mothers and daughters > California > San Francisco Bay Area > Fiction.
Desertion and non-support > Fiction.
Moving, Household > California, Northern > Fiction.
California, Northern > Rural conditions > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Political fiction.
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Summary:In Lydia Kiesling's debut novel, 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.
Physical Description:292 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780374164836
0374164835
Author Notes:Lydia Kiesling 's debut novel, The Golden State , was a finalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Prize and longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. Her essays and criticism have appeared in The New York Times Magazine , The Guardian , The Cut , Slate , and The New Yorker online, and have been recognized in The Best American Essays 2016 . In 2018 the was named a 5 Under 35 by the National Book Foundation. Kiesling lives in Portland with her family.

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