Book guide
How Much of These Hills Is Gold
Two orphaned siblings cross a brutal West in search of home.
Genre and trope pairingsLiterarySelf-discoveryLiteraryFamily secretsLiteraryGrief journeyLiteraryIdentity crisisAdventureQuestAdventureExpedition
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About How Much of These Hills Is Gold
Set in the twilight of the American gold rush, C Pam Zhang’s debut follows two siblings on the run through an unforgiving landscape as they struggle to survive, bury their father, and claim a place to belong.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- racism
- death of a parent
- racial slurs
- death
- xenophobia
- physical abuse
- alcoholism
- child abuse
- animal cruelty
- animal death
- sexual assault
