87 New Historical Fiction Books Hitting Shelves This Year

Melanie Benjamin evokes 1960s Malibu surf culture with "California Golden." Carol Donnelly breaks barriers as an acclaimed female surfer, and her two daughters, Mindy and Ginger, reap both the consequences and the rewards of their mother's talents and fame. Struggling to cope with Carol's absence, both girls take to the waves themselves. Mindy grows up with natural talent and finds incredible fame of her own, while Ginger struggles, turning instead to an alluring but dangerous world of counterculture and drugs. Though they may take very different paths, one thing remains: the bond between two sisters and their complicated, unconventional childhood.

Release date: Aug. 8