{"product_id":"goldenseal-9781640096752","title":"Goldenseal","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Gentleman in Moscow \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/i\u003e in this novel of two estranged friends who reunite to confront each other and the devastating betrayal that tore them apart\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDowntown Los Angeles, 1990. Alone in her luxury hotel suite, the reclusive Lacey Crane receives a message: Edith is waiting for her in the lobby. Former best friends, Lacey and Edith haven't spoken to one another in over four decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs young adults meeting at summer camp in Maine, and later making their way in the glitzy spotlight of postwar Hollywood, Edith and Lacey share a deep-rooted bond that once saved them from isolation and despair, providing comfort from the public and private traumas that they had each endured and which a newly optimistic world was eager to forget. Told through a continuous, twisting conversation that unfolds over the course of a single evening, in which each woman tells her story and reveals long-hidden secrets, the narratives of Edith and Lacey burn with atmosphere, mystery, resentment, and regret. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against the vivid landscapes of Los Angeles and unfolding with the evanescence of a dream or a memory, \u003ci\u003eGoldenseal\u003c\/i\u003e peels away the layers of an intimate female friendship to reveal a stirring and haunting story about the search for connection and the lingering echoes of lost love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARIA HUMMEL\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist and poet. Her novel, \u003ci\u003e Still Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick, Book of the Month Club pick, and \u003ci\u003eBBC\u003c\/i\u003e Culture Best Book of 2018, and has been optioned for television and translated into multiple languages. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eLesson in Red\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMotherland\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year; and \u003ci\u003eHouse and Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the APR\/Honickman Poetry Prize. She has worked and taught at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Stanford University; and the University of Vermont. She lives in Vermont with her husband and sons.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51181826310418,"sku":"9781640096752","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac9bc3e5-6b21-4d91-9f8f-1e499261a27e.jpg?v=1744404677","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/goldenseal-9781640096752","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}