{"product_id":"death-valley-a-novel","title":"Death Valley: A Novel - Broder, Melissa - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeath Valley: A Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Broder, Melissa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"expandContent\" id=\"desc_summary1668024845-content\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe most profound book yet from the visionary author of \u003ci\u003eMilk Fed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pisces\u003c\/i\u003e, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Melissa Broder’s astounding new novel, a 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\u003e\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\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Melissa Broder at her most imaginative, most universal, and finest. This is \u003ci\u003eDeath Valley\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40267655774263,"sku":"9781668024843","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/6218\/8087\/files\/new-book-death-valley-a-novel-broder-melissa-hardcover-31055606612023.jpg?v=1718477766","url":"https:\/\/hivoltagerecords.com\/products\/death-valley-a-novel","provider":"Hi-Voltage Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}