THE GOLDEN LAND
"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 The Tell
"A heartfelt exploration of the ties of family, THE GOLDEN LAND is an engrossing tale told across generations with the explosive history of Myanmar as its backdrop."
Sabina Murray, author of The Human Zoo
"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..."
Douglas Bauer, author of The Beckoning World
"With its moving depictions of political turmoil and military rule, the novel is particularly significant and relevant to the ongoing troubles faced by the Burmese people..."
Local Myanmar author
"Elizabeth Shick knows how seeming opposites are actually tied together: jiggle the past, and the future tilts; touch regret, touch loss, and set in motion love or liberation..."
Michael Lowenthal, author of Charity Girl