{"product_id":"9781526665225","title":"Death Valley","description":"Author: Broder, Melissa\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526665225\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Oct 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Riotously original ... A triumph' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA journey unlike any you've read before\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003eNANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer most profound book yet ... Surreal, hysterical and beguiling in every sense\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGLAMOUR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most profound book yet from the visionary author of \u003ci\u003eMilk Fed \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Pisces\u003c\/i\u003e, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California high desert to escape a cloud of sorrow     for both her father in the ICU and a husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks to a receptionist who recommends a nearby hike.\u003cbr\u003eOut on the sun-scorched trail, the woman encounters a towering cactus whose size and shape mean it should not exist in California. Yet the cactus is there, with a gash through its side that beckons like a familiar door. So she enters it. What awaits her inside this mystical succulent sets her on a journey at once desolate and rich, hilarious and poignant.\u003cbr\u003eThis is Melissa Broder at her most imaginative, most universal, and finest. This is \u003ci\u003eDeath Valley\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PISCES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Of all the books that I read this summer I think this was my absolute favourite. It really blew me away' \u003cb\u003eDOLLY ALDERTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Frank, provocative and brilliant' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hilarious, poignant, sexy. A brilliant story about why we crave connection and how to find ourselves' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eELLE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Laugh-out-loud funny'\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ei\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636916703390,"sku":"UBD-9781526665225","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526665225.jpg?v=1774399510","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526665225","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}