Lola, California

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Literary
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Author: Edie Meidav ISBN: 9780374708870
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication: July 5, 2011
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Language: English
Author: Edie Meidav
ISBN: 9780374708870
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication: July 5, 2011
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language: English

The year is 2008, the place California. Vic Mahler, famous for having inspired cult followers in the seventies, serves time on death row, now facing a countdown of ten days. For years, his daughter, Lana, has been in hiding. Meanwhile, her friend Rose, a lawyer, is determined to bring the two together.

When Rose succeeds in tracking down Lana at a California health spa, the two friends must negotiate land mines of memory in order to find their future. In sharp episodes infused with pathos and wit, Edie Meidav brings her acclaimed insight and poetry to the hope of friendship, parenthood, dystopia, and the legacy of the seventies. Lola*, California* speaks to our contemporary crisis of faith, asking: Can we survive too much choice?

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The year is 2008, the place California. Vic Mahler, famous for having inspired cult followers in the seventies, serves time on death row, now facing a countdown of ten days. For years, his daughter, Lana, has been in hiding. Meanwhile, her friend Rose, a lawyer, is determined to bring the two together.

When Rose succeeds in tracking down Lana at a California health spa, the two friends must negotiate land mines of memory in order to find their future. In sharp episodes infused with pathos and wit, Edie Meidav brings her acclaimed insight and poetry to the hope of friendship, parenthood, dystopia, and the legacy of the seventies. Lola*, California* speaks to our contemporary crisis of faith, asking: Can we survive too much choice?

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