{"product_id":"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\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.","brand":"Melissa Broder","offers":[{"title":"Scribner |  Hardback  |  2023-10-03","offer_id":44218857488639,"sku":"9781668024843","price":34.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_eb218382-e785-4c13-93b9-f928fb75396d.jpg?v=1700681192","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781668024843","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}