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The bird hotel : a novel / Joyce Maynard.
Deciding to restore and run a decaying lakefront hotel called La Llorona in a small Central American village, Irene, a troubled yet talented artist, meets a colorful cast of characters who change her life.
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- ISBN: 9781956763737 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: x, 404 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Arcade Publishing, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
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| Subject: | Americans > Central America > Fiction. Hotels > Fiction. Villages > Fiction. Women artists > Fiction. Central America > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Magic realist fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Mayna | 31681010322238 | FICTION | Checked out | 11/05/2025 |
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Deciding to restore and run a decaying lakefront hotel called La Llorona in a small Central American village, Irene, a troubled yet talented artist, meets a colorful cast of characters who change her life. - Simon and Schuster
Enter the magical world of La Llorona with New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard.
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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.Â
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The Bird Hotel tells 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, The Bird Hotel has all the hallmarks of a Joyce Maynard novel that have made her a leading voice of her generation.
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The Bird Hotel is a big, sweeping story spanning four decades, offering lyricism as well as whimsy. While the world New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard brings to life on the page is rendered from her imagination, itâs 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.Â
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As the New York Times said, "[Maynard] has an unswerving eye, a sharply perked ear, and the ability to keep her readers hanging on her words." People Magazine said of her: "Maynardâs spare prose packs a rich emotional punch.â
