Book description
Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel
Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, The Golden Land digs deep into the complexities of family history and relationships. Etta Montgomery is a Boston-based labor lawyer coming to terms with the love and loss she experienced as a teenager during…
- Coming soon!
Why read it?
1 author picked The Golden Land as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The endearing characters and evocative settings drew me in from the first page. We feel the angst of being torn between cultures, mourning for a time and place that can no longer exist, and the indelible power of first love. Shick pulls out all the stops, with her brilliant descriptions and artful plot lines that weave in and out of the decades, but it's not heavy-handed or ever too much. We also get a glimpse into a time and place few of us know anything about, which is one of the reasons I love historical fiction.
If you love The Golden Land...
Aggressor
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
Want books like The Golden Land?
Our community of 13,000+ authors has personally recommended 7 books like The Golden Land.
📚 If you like The Golden Land, you might also like...
Ramón Ramirez's Dog
Ramon Ramirez’s Dog is a collection of essays written over the years about the adventures and misadventures, mostly outside but occasionally inside the diplomatic career of a U.S. ambassador. Common threads weaving the stories together are a desire for a life well-lived, balancing career with family and friends, keeping physically…
I, Robot Alien
“Intelligent, unique, and tremendously entertaining.” - Readers' Favorite 2025
BOOKLIFE EDITOR’S PICK!
EARTH… CENTURIES AFTER THE FALL!
I was created by beings who couldn’t touch this world... only watch it crumble. Every twenty years, a new tribe... a new hope... a new failure.
I was told, “Do not interfere.” But…
