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 unabl...

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Main Author:	Kiesling, Lydia, 1984- (Author)
Format:	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. FICTION / Literary. FICTION / Women. Psychological fiction. Political fiction. Domestic 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