Description
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.
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 magic realism, The Bird Hotel has all the hallmarks of a Joyce Maynard novel.
The Bird Hotel is a big, sweeping story spanning four decades, offering lyricism as well as whimsy. While the world Joyce Maynard brings to life on the page is drawn from her imagination, it is informed by the more than twenty years she has spent in a small Mayan indigenous village in Guatemala.
Enter the magical world of La Llorona.
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New York Times bestselling author — Joyce Maynard