The Golden Land

Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel

Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, The Golden Land 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, The Golden Land seeks to uncover those personal narratives that might lie beneath the surface of historical accounts.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 09/01/2024
ISBN: 9781496241740
Pages: 324
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.73d