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.
