Death Valley by Melissa Broder Paperback Book 9781526665225

Riotously original A triumph NEW YORK TIMESA journey unlike any youve read before NANA KWAME ADJEIBRENYAHHer most profound book yet Surreal hysterical and beguiling in every sense GLAMOURThe most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival storyA 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 hikeOut on the sunscorched 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 poignantThis is Melissa Broder at her most imaginative most universal and finest This is Death ValleyPRAISE FOR THE PISCESOf all the books that I read this summer I think...