--- product_id: 8813441 title: "Golden State: A Novel" brand: "michelle richmond" price: "S/.111" currency: PEN in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.pe/products/8813441-golden-state-a-novel store_origin: PE region: Peru --- # Golden State: A Novel **Brand:** michelle richmond **Price:** S/.111 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Golden State: A Novel by michelle richmond - **How much does it cost?** S/.111 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pe](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/8813441-golden-state-a-novel) ## Best For - michelle richmond enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted michelle richmond brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Golden State: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51OcAoHctIL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Which are stronger, the relationships we're born into or those we choose? *by L***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 23, 2014* "What I believe is this: there is no divine flow chart, no elegant spiritual mathematics through which our lives are processed. Events occur, we respond to them, we make choices, and our lives are shaped accordingly."Julie Walker's life has been shaped by many different events. Her father died when she was young; her mother raised Julie and her younger sister, Heather, in a small, stifling Mississippi town which Julie couldn't wait to leave. When Julie left for medical school in San Francisco, she felt bad about leaving her needy sister, but she needed to reinvent herself and start her future. Heather drifted from boyfriend to boyfriend, place to place, problem to problem, and came in and out of Julie's life.Julie met Tom, a radio disc jockey, and the two fell deeply in love. And when an unexpected incident surprises them and transforms their lives, they are truly happy. Until Heather re-enters their lives, and everything falls apart in her wake, including, little by little, Julie and Tom's marriage. Heather leaves to join the Army, and the two sisters stop speaking completely for several years."I understand now how families become estranged, not by design but by embarrassment. You come to a point when so much time has passed that it seems impossible to make the first move."Heather's return throws Julie into upheaval once again, and wreaks havoc with what is left of her relationship with Tom, especially once Heather reveals her pregnancy. Yet Julie agrees to deliver Heather's baby, and the day she goes into labor turns out to be one fraught with chaos—for Julie, for the possibility of a future with Tom, for the entire state of California. Julie faces a shocking crisis which forces her to re-evaluate everything in her life, including her relationships.Golden State is tremendously compelling, thought-provoking, emotional, and very engaging. Michelle Richmond hooks you quite quickly into Julie's life and the crises she faces, as the book follows the course of one day, with occasional reminiscences of other times in Julie's life. It's a fascinating exploration about the ties and the loyalties of our relationships, those we're born into and those we choose."Between a marriage one chooses and a blood relation one doesn't, shouldn't marriage be the more powerful bond?"I enjoyed Golden State a great deal. I really liked the complexity of both Julie and Tom's characters, compelled both by what has happened and what remains unsaid. I'll admit, however, while the major incident that drives much of the plot and forces Julie to reminisce certainly is a driver of the story, I felt as if it was almost superfluous; I thought Julie's story and her relationships with her sister and her husband could have stood on their own. But it didn't detract from the power of the story.If you see any of the reviews or publicity around this book, it's recommended for fans of Jodi Picoult or Jacquelyn Mitchard. I worried a little bit that this book would be one of the ripped-from-the-headlines-type stories Picoult is well known for, but fortunately (in my opinion), this wasn't that way at all. It's just a well-written and well-told story that definitely makes you think how you'd react in similar situations. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good storyline *by S***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 9, 2023* Lots of twist and turns! True review of San Francisco and characters. Would make great streaming series or TV drama. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Entertaining if not perfect *by P***L on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 23, 2017* It's hard to put a rating on this novel. It's told in the first person by Julie, a doctor who has lost her child and is going through a marriage crisis. At the same time, there are riots in her state of California as its citizens vote to secede from the rest of America (a bit of a dubious plot, that one). Julie's narrative flits to and fro: in the past, in the present, and on the morning of the present, each time revealing snippets for the reader to add to the puzzle until eventually the whole story is revealed. For example, we don't find out who Ethan is exactly and how his parents lost him until quite a way into the book. Nor do we get much feedback on Dennis, a mentally unstable hostage taker, until the end of the book. And yet he is meant to be a significant player in Julie's past life. This slow unfolding of the story made it intriguing to a point, which I'm sure is how the author, Michelle Richmond, meant it to be. But the very slow unravelling of the story and the constant chopping from past to present was frustratingly overdone and I found myself fuddling through some of the first half of the book. What I did like about the book, though, was how the author dealt with its many themes - family relationships, loss, anger, divorce, forgiveness, belief, identity, human value, etc. Richmond broached these topics with a philosophical freshness and intelligence and that kept the story and its characters passably interesting. I would give it 3 stars for its clumsy, frustrating attempt at mystery by switching from past to present constantly, and 5 stars for its portrayal of people. Like most of its characters, the novel was flawed but still basically good. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pe/products/8813441-golden-state-a-novel](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/8813441-golden-state-a-novel) --- *Product available on Desertcart Peru* *Store origin: PE* *Last updated: 2026-05-26*