{"product_id":"the-golden-state-9781250238115b","title":"The Golden State","description":"In Lydia Kiesling’s razor-sharp debut novel, The Golden State, 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\u003eBut 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\u003eKeenly observed, bristling with humor, and set against the beauty of a little-known part of California, The Golden State 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.","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42870742122576,"sku":"9781250238115B","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781250238115-l.jpg?v=1785900277","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-golden-state-9781250238115b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}