Death valley

a novel
Melissa Broder
large type - 2024

"In 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. Out 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"--

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Main Author: Broder, Melissa (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.
Edition:Large print edition.
Series:Thorndike Press large print high octane.
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Death Valley
a novel
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by Broder, Melissa
Published 2023
 Place a Hold

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