Review

The Golden State, by US writer Lydia Kiesling, is a meditation on American identity

By Zoya Patel
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:58am, first published July 20 2019 - 12:00am
Empty storefronts in a recession-hit street. Picture: Shutterstock
Empty storefronts in a recession-hit street. Picture: Shutterstock

The Golden State is a novel that is as much a journey inside the frazzled and confused mind of a young mother in the midst of a crisis, as it is a meditation on the fractured and dissenting state of the American identity.

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