"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.”

"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."

"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..."

"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..."

"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..."