Goldenseal A Novel
Goldenseal A Novel by Maria Hummel is set to be published by Catapult on January 9, 2024. This 240-page novel explores the complex relationship between two estranged friends, Lacey and Edith, who reunite after four decades apart in a luxury hotel suite in downtown Los Angeles. As they confront the betrayal that drove them apart, the narrative unfolds through a continuous conversation, revealing their intertwined pasts marked by friendship, trauma, and the glitzy backdrop of postwar Hollywood.
Readers will find a rich exploration of themes such as friendship and the impact of time on personal connections. The story is told through multiple timelines, allowing for a deep dive into the characters’ histories and the secrets they have kept. Set against the vivid landscapes of Los Angeles, Goldenseal presents a haunting tale about the search for connection and the echoes of lost love, all while maintaining an atmosphere filled with mystery and regret.
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Finalist for the Vermont Book Awards
Longlisted for the Clark Prize for Fiction
Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize
A Gentleman in Moscow meets My Brilliant Friend in this novel of two estranged friends who reunite to confront each other and the devastating betrayal that tore them apart
Downtown 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.
As 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.
Set against the vivid landscapes of Los Angeles and unfolding with the evanescence of a dream or a memory, Goldenseal 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.
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