{"product_id":"two-star-hotel-where-the-stars-dont-mean-anything-9780999374382","title":"Two-Star Hotel: (Where the Stars Don't Mean Anything)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe lives of two strangers become unimaginably intertwined when one buys a painting that the other covets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrant, an American traveling in Paris, forgoes an opportunity to purchase a peculiar yet captivating painting of a bus that he sees hanging in a gallery window. Consumed with regret upon his return back home, Grant obsesses over the painting while subconsciously avoiding his tumultuous romantic and personal relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, Laurent, a philandering Parisian hotelier, haphazardly purchases the painting as a gift for his mistress. But before he can deliver it to her, Laurent unexpectedly loses consciousness, awakening in a hospital bed with severe vision loss. Worse yet, his identity is upended; no one can identify his family or next of kin, and the life he thought he once lived now only seems to exist inside his own memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs both men struggle to reclaim their lives, their fates are unknowingly thrust together, the painting their shared touchstone in this delicately interconnected world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through the voices of seven different characters, Two-Star Hotel is a raw and emotive journey that explores the intricate relationship between truth, perception, and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Engaging dialogue and characterizations.\"\u003cbr\u003e - Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Warm, passionate...Two-Star Hotel is an outstanding survey that keeps readers engaged and guessing even as it comes full circle to an unexpected, artistically pleasing conclusion.\"\u003cbr\u003e - Midwest Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lumberloft Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999374382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.81d","brand":"Mike Avitabile","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36647300464796,"sku":"9780999374382","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_21eda742-aa72-43b6-b9c1-187cff821372.jpg?v=1603866685","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/two-star-hotel-where-the-stars-dont-mean-anything-9780999374382","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}