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Learn moreDr. Julie Walker wakes on a summer morning in San Francisco to find a city in chaos. Today Californians are voting on a controversial ballot initiative that will change history. With the future of the state and the nation uncertain, the streets have erupted into violence.
Injured, Julie must make her way across the city by foot to the Veterans Administration Hospital, where her sister, recently returned from Afghanistan, is in labor. At the hospital a brutal scene is unfolding as a man who shares an intimate past with Julie begins to take his revenge. Throughout the ordeal Julie's estranged husband, desperate for reconciliation, sends out coded messages from the radio station where he is the well-known Voice of Midnight.
Five years in the making, Golden State is both a political thriller and a meditation on marriage, love, and loyalty. Like The Year of Fog, it is a page-turner with a philosophical bent.
Michelle RichmondĀ is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels and story collections, including The Marriage Pact, Golden State, The Year of Fog, and Hum. She received the Truman Capote Prize for Alabamaās Distinguished Writer of the Short Story. Her books have been published in thirty languages.
Kathe Mazur has narrated many audiobooks, winning the prestigious Audie Award for best narration in 2014, being named a finalist for the Audie Award in 2013 and 2015, and winning several AudioFile Earphones Awards. As an actress, she can be seen as DDA Hobbs on The Closer and in the upcoming Major Crimes. She has worked extensively in film, theater, and television, including appearances on Greyās Anatomy, Private Practice, House, Brothers and Sisters, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, ER, Monk, and many others.
Reviews
āBeautifully written, Golden State is a tender portrait of loss, marriage, and sisterhood, all set against a gripping backdrop sure to keep readersā hearts in their throats as the story unfolds.ā
āI hadnāt read such a gripping, bittersweet, moving novel in ages. Golden State sweeps you up, whisks you away and doesnāt let you go till the very end.ā
āGolden State is a powerful, riveting, and heartfelt novel, an ode to San Francisco and to the fierceness of the human spirit.ā
āNearly every feature of this mesmerizing novel is provocative, as Richmond explores the fragmented, hopeful lives of complex characters. This is gripping, multilayered must-read fiction from the bestselling author of The Year of Fog.ā
āMesmerizing and intricate, Richmondās dissection of a California on the violent brink of secession from the nation provides the backdrop to her deeper inspection of the uneasy, fragile relationship between siblingsā¦An understated yet riveting read that can be recommended to fans of Jodi Picoult and Jacquelyn Mitchard.ā
āKathe Mazurās measured performance of this engrossing audiobook is understated to the point of being languidā¦The laid-back narration may seem a risky artistic choice. However, Mazurās control makes the chilling momentsāand there are many in this ingenious novelāeven more grippingā¦A fantastic performance.ā
āOn the day Californians cast a groundbreaking vote, a doctor is confronted with situations that compel her to contemplate her past, present, and future in Richmondās contemporary novelā¦An interesting and sometimes disturbing study exploring how a personās anticipated path can change and examining the choices people must make in order to move forward. Skillfully written.ā
āRichmond takes readers through a bittersweet, heartwarming tale of a woman on the cusp of life-changing events in both her personal and professional livesā¦The reader is carried away by this action-packed, poignant story, making this a tale that will live in the hearts of the reader once the last page is read.ā
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