{"product_id":"the-golden-land-paperback-softback-9781496241740","title":"The Golden Land (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496241740","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Golden Land\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElizabeth Shick (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496241740\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.422 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"A page turner in the best sense of the word.\"-Elizabeth McCulloch, \u003ci\u003eFeminist Grandma\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"I was engrossed by both the characters and the setting; the book is a page turner in the best sense of the word.\"-elizabethmccullochauthor.com\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Land\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable reading experience-emotionally, culturally, historically.\"-Lorraine Kleinwaks, Enchanted Prose blog\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“A heartfelt exploration of the ties of family, \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Land\u003c\/i\u003e is an engrossing tale told across generations with the explosive history of Myanmar as its backdrop. Elizabeth Shick has written a compelling, emotionally complex novel that explores the difficulties of defining oneself amid the struggle of competing cultures. This is a timely, necessary book.”-Sabina Murray, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Human Zoo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eValiant Gentlemen\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Elizabeth Shick’s steady, elegant prose transported me to a place I knew little about, and I found myself wanting to learn more about this turbulent period in Myanmar’s history. \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Land\u003c\/i\u003e is both a rich and intimate family portrait as well as a portal leading into another world, relevant and important to where we are in our own country today.”-Mira T. Lee, author of \u003ci\u003eEverything Here Is Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Balancing the personal with the political and showing romance side by side with a blood-soaked reality, this engrossing story is about the difficult necessity of revisiting trauma. \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Land\u003c\/i\u003e radiates with cultural empathy, a glow that might light a path toward justice.”-Michael Lowenthal, author of \u003ci\u003eCharity Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“The narrator of \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Land\u003c\/i\u003e discovers a fierce bravery she didn’t know she had when she returns to Myanmar to confront the past and questions of identity. Vividly drawn, intimate, and deeply healing, this important novel asks us to consider the steep price we pay when we bury family and national history.”-Hester Kaplan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tell\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Land\u003c\/i\u003e moves back and forth in time . . . evoking present-day Myanmar’s indeed golden past when [it was] Burma, and capturing its perilous political moment, while also uncovering a Burmese American family’s interwoven secrets, layer upon layer, one revelation leading to the next with poignant logic and a gathering momentum. Elizabeth Shick tells this story with flawless authority, giving us a rich, ever-beckoning novel that’s historically sure, culturally acute, and, most of all, humanly wise as it asks how much of where we came from do we need to hold close, and how much can’t we shed, however urgently we wish to.”-Douglas Bauer, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Beckoning World\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Although fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Land\u003c\/i\u003e is based on the true events Myanmar (Burma) has experienced over the years. Both engaging and mesmerizing, the novel carried me back to the heartache of those times. As I turned the pages, I was eager to discover what would come next for Aye and Shwe, Ahpwa and U Soe Htet, and Etta and Jason. Elizabeth Shick writes with so much empathy describing the emotions of her characters and attention to the nuances of Burmese culture that the characters felt like real people to me. Who would believe it’s a debut novel? A very good read, indeed!”-Kyi Kyi May, former head of BBC Burmese Service, London\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Land\u003c\/i\u003e is a gorgeous and moving novel about one young woman’s journey to Myanmar, where her family’s stay with their relatives nearly twenty-five years ago was cut short by political unrest. The novel immerses us in the Burma of 1988 and the Myanmar of 2011; both places are fraught with great beauty and suffering. Through the main character’s journey, we learn the difference between ‘adapting and accepting, between carrying on and forgetting,’ and find hope in the paradox that love is always tangled with disappointment, democracy doesn’t preclude loneliness and suffering, and yet trusting people we love is as natural and inevitable as breathing. This is a remarkable novel, at once informative and deeply felt.”-Kyoko Mori, author of \u003ci\u003eYarn: Remembering the Way Home\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the AWP Prize for the Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Land\u003c\/i\u003e 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 a 1988 family reunion in Burma. When Etta’s grandmother dies, she is compelled to travel back to Myanmar (Burma) to explore the complicated adolescent memories of her grandmother’s family and the violence she witnessed there. Full of rich detail and intricate relationships, \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Land\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to uncover those personal narratives that might lie beneath the surface of historical accounts.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. One\u003cbr\u003e 2. Two\u003cbr\u003e 3. Three\u003cbr\u003e 4. Four\u003cbr\u003e 5. Five\u003cbr\u003e 6. Six\u003cbr\u003e 7. Seven\u003cbr\u003e 8. Eight\u003cbr\u003e 9. Nine\u003cbr\u003e 10. Ten\u003cbr\u003e 11. Eleven\u003cbr\u003e 12. Twelve\u003cbr\u003e Part 2\u003cbr\u003e 13. One\u003cbr\u003e 14. Two\u003cbr\u003e 15. Three\u003cbr\u003e 16. Four\u003cbr\u003e 17. Five\u003cbr\u003e 18. Six\u003cbr\u003e 19. Seven\u003cbr\u003e 20. Eight\u003cbr\u003e 21. Nine\u003cbr\u003e 22. Ten\u003cbr\u003e 23. Eleven\u003cbr\u003e 24. Twelve\u003cbr\u003e 25. Thirteen\u003cbr\u003e 26. Fourteen\u003cbr\u003e 27. Fifteen\u003cbr\u003e 28. Sixteen\u003cbr\u003e 29. Seventeen\u003cbr\u003e Part 3\u003cbr\u003e 30. One\u003cbr\u003e 31. Two\u003cbr\u003e 32. Three\u003cbr\u003e 33. Four\u003cbr\u003e 34. Five\u003cbr\u003e 35. Six\u003cbr\u003e 36. Seven\u003cbr\u003e 37. Eight\u003cbr\u003e 38. Nine\u003cbr\u003e 39. Ten\u003cbr\u003e 40. Eleven\u003cbr\u003e 41. Twelve\u003cbr\u003e 42. Thirteen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Author's Note\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600288182552,"sku":"9781496241740","price":18.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-golden-land-paperback-softback-9781496241740","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}