{"product_id":"death-valley-9781668024843","title":"Death Valley","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is Melissa Broder at her most imaginative, most universal, and finest. This is \u003ci\u003eDeath Valley\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668024843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2023 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Melissa Broder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43075537240245,"sku":"9781668024843","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c114963c-25fb-4d10-8db0-54d8ccc092d8.jpg?v=1691468266","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/death-valley-9781668024843","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}