{"product_id":"death-valley-hardcover","title":"Death Valley - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelissa Broder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2023 by\u003ci\u003e The\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e(\"incandescent...hilarious...a triumph\"), \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily \u003c\/i\u003e(\"surreal, absurd, lucid, and wise\"), \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e (\"Broder [is] a genius and a sorceress\"), and more!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the visionary author of \u003ci\u003eMilk Fed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pisces\u003c\/i\u003e, a darkly funny novel about grief and a \"magical tale of survival\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Melissa Broder's astonishingly profound 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 discovered on a nearby hike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOut along the sun-scorched trail, the narrator 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath Valley\u003c\/i\u003e is Melissa Broder at her most imaginative, most universal, and finest, and is \"a journey unlike any you've read before\" (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of \u003ci\u003eFriday Black\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelissa Broder is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eMilk Fed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Pisces\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDeath Valley\u003c\/i\u003e, the essay collection \u003ci\u003eSo Sad Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and five poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eSuperdoom\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e New York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's \u003ci\u003eThe Cut\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Los Angeles. Follow her on Twitter @SoSadToday and @MelissaBroder and Instagram @RealMelissaBroder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41893346377863,"sku":"9781668024843","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f428f2d44c16eeb2a9a250869d4a8a22.webp?v=1734079643","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/death-valley-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}