California Gold
$42.19
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
19 April 2026
Summary
For readers of Claire Lombardo and Ann Patchett, a multi-generational literary saga set against the backdrop of a 1970’s Californian dream.
Frank and Chrissy meet a couple of days into 1970. Frank O’Hara, with his Elvis T-shirt and slicked-back hair, has escaped England for adventure out west. As soon as someone tells him about a house in the desert two hours east of LA where the walls are curved and the glass shimmers, a house where Elvis and Priscilla Presley honeymooned only a few …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241562383 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241562384 |
| Author: | Jodie Chapman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Michael Joseph Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 19 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 223mm x 146mm x 36mm |
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Critics Review
Stylish, vibrant, romantic and beautifully written, the characters’ various realisations that the only thing any of us have is the moment we are living in will stay with me for a very long time – KATE SAWYER
Both a wide-screen romance and a dream that turns into obsession. An epic portrait of a complicated family, ambitious and compelling – JULIE OWEN MOYLAN
Exquisite, evocative and cinematic – YOMI ADEGOKE
If you love Taylor Jenkins Reid you will adore this. The scope of California Gold is breathtaking - English snobbery, the American dream and a dance through the second half of the twentieth century with a jukebox soundtrack. Extraordinary – RACHAEL WOLF
Exceptional. Britain’s response to Ann Pachett – Lidija Hilje
So good, so sharp. A movie-scene beginning and a shattering of love’s young dream – RUTH CRILLY
Gorgeous and heartfelt. California Gold shows how both love and tragedy can echo through generations – KATIE BISHOP
About The Author
Jodie Chapman
Jodie Chapman spent twelve years working as a photographer before returning to her first love of writing. She lives in Kent with her husband and three sons. Another Life, her debut novel, was a BBC Two Between the Covers pick. Her second novel, Oh, Sister, published to critical acclaim.
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