# The Bird Hotel - Hardcover

by **Joyce Maynard** (Author)

**Enter the magical world of La Llorona with _New York Times_ bestselling author Joyce Maynard.**

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 magical realism, _The Bird Hotel_ has all the hallmarks of a Joyce Maynard novel that have made her a leading voice of her generation.

_The Bird Hotel_ is a big, sweeping story spanning four decades, offering lyricism as well as whimsy. While the world _New York Times_ bestselling author Joyce Maynard brings to life on the page is rendered from her imagination, it's one informed by the more than twenty years of which she has spent a significant amount of her time in a small Mayan indigenous village in Guatemala.

As the _New York Times_ said, "\[Maynard\] has an unswerving eye, a sharply perked ear, and the ability to keep her readers hanging on her words." _People Magazine_ said of her: "Maynard's spare prose packs a rich emotional punch."

### Author Biography

Over her fifty-year career, _New York Times_ bestselling author **Joyce Maynard** has published hundreds of essays as well as eighteen books, both fiction and non-fiction, including the memoir _At Home in the World_ and the novels _To Die For_ and _Labor Day_, both adapted for film. Her novel, _Count the Ways_, was recently awarded the Grand Prix Literaire in France. Every winter for over two decades, Maynard has led the Lake Atitlan Memoir workshop, Write by the Lake, in Guatemala.

**Number of Pages:** 432

**Dimensions:** 1.5 x 9.1 x 6 IN

**Publication Date:** May 02, 2023

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