California Golden

Two sisters navigate the thrilling, euphoric early days of California surf culture in this dazzling saga of ambition, sacrifice, and the tangled ties between mothers and daughters from the New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator s Wife. A shimmering rendering . . . pairs the surf culture of the Beach Boys with the sex, drugs, and rock n roll of Daisy Jones & The Six. Entertainment Weekly ( Best Books of the Summer )Southern California, 1960s: endless sunny days surfing in Malibu, followed by glittering neon nights at Whisky a Go Go. In an era when women are expected to be housewives, Carol Donnelly breaks the mold as a legendary female surfer struggling to compete in a male-dominated sport and her daughters, Mindy and Ginger, bear the weight of Carol s unconventional lifestyle.The Donnelly sisters grow up enduring their mother s absence physically, when she s at the beach, and emotionally, the rare times she s at home. To escape questions about Carol s whereabouts and to...

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