{"product_id":"the-bird-hotel-9781648210761","title":"The Bird Hotel","description":"\u003cb\u003eEnter the magical world of La Llorona with \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Joyce Maynard.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After a childhood filled with heartbreak, Irene, a talented artist, finds herself in a small Central American village where she checks into a beautiful but decaying lakefront hotel called La Llorona at the base of a volcano. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bird Hotel \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of this young American who, after suffering tragedy, restores and runs La Llorona. Along the way we meet a rich assortment of characters who live in the village or come to stay at the hotel. With a mystery at its center and filled with warmth, drama, romance, humor, pop culture, and a little magical realism, \u003ci\u003eThe Bird Hotel \u003c\/i\u003ehas all the hallmarks of a Joyce Maynard novel that have made her a leading voice of her generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bird Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e is a big, sweeping story spanning four decades, offering lyricism as well as whimsy. While the world \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Joyce Maynard brings to life on the page is rendered from her imagination, it's one informed by the more than twenty years of which she has spent a significant amount of her time in a small Mayan indigenous village in Guatemala. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e said, \"[Maynard] has an unswerving eye, a sharply perked ear, and the ability to keep her readers hanging on her words.\" \u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e said of her: \"Maynard's spare prose packs a rich emotional punch.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver her fifty-year career, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author \u003cb\u003eJoyce Maynard\u003c\/b\u003e has published hundreds of essays as well as eighteen books, both fiction and non-fiction, including the memoir \u003ci\u003eAt Home in the World\u003c\/i\u003e and the novels \u003ci\u003eTo Die For\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLabor Day\u003c\/i\u003e, both adapted for film. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eCount the Ways\u003c\/i\u003e, was recently awarded the Grand Prix Literaire in France. Every winter for over two decades, Maynard has led the Lake Atitlan Memoir workshop, Write by the Lake, in Guatemala.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51186380210450,"sku":"9781648210761","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ea8f98b0-2d58-40cc-a0d5-e3821818648c.jpg?v=1744622738","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bird-hotel-9781648210761","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}