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Golden Hour at Cal: Friendship, Ambition, and the Glow Within
Paperback
Series: The Golden Hour at Cal
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 2 2025
Pages: 44
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.11 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
At UC Berkeley, sophomore Zoey Ruderman is juggling more than just neuroscience classes. Between her sorority sisters, late-night study sessions, and tailgate parties that blur into morning, Zoey's life is a beautiful kind of chaos. Smart, social, and secretly terrified of slowing down, she shines brightest when everything around her is a mess.
But when she befriends Jackson, a business major with a too-perfect girlfriend and a talent for getting under her skin, Zoey's golden hour starts to flicker. Suddenly, the girl who has it all together is caught between logic and impulse, friendship and something more.
Set against the wild, sun-drenched backdrop of Berkeley life, Golden Hour at Cal is a hilarious and heartfelt peek into college friendships, self-discovery, and the dizzy, glowing moments that define who we become.
Funny, fast, and full of heart, this is college the way you actually remember it.
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