The Whole Golden World: A Powerful Novel About Three Women, Marriage, and Justice

The Whole Golden World: A Powerful Novel About Three Women, Marriage, and Justice

<p>Kristina Riggle, the acclaimed author of <em>Real Life & Liars</em>, returns with a thought-provoking novel inspired by real-life events</p><p>Seventeen-year-old Morgan Monetti shocks her parents and her community with one simple act: She chooses to stand by the man everyone else believes has exploited her—popular high school teacher TJ Hill. Quietly walking across a crowded courtroom to sit behind TJ, and not beside her parents, she announces herself as the adult she believes herself to be.</p><p>But her mother, Dinah, wants justice. Dinah is a fighter, and she believes with all her heart and soul that TJ is a man who took advantage of her daughter. He is a criminal who should be brought to justice, no matter what the cost to his family.</p><p>Rain, TJ's wife, is shocked that her handsome, loving, respected husband has been accused of a terrible crime. But has her desperation to start a family closed her eyes to the fault lines in her marriage? And can she face the painful truths about herself and her husband?</p><p>Told from the perspectives of these three remarkable women, <em>The Whole Golden World</em> navigates the precarious territory between childhood and adulthood, raising questions about love and manipulation, marriage and motherhood, consent and responsibility. It's a novel both shocking and unforgettable in its power.</p>