The Bird Hotel

<B>Enter the magical world of La Llorona with <I>New York Times </I>bestselling author Joyce Maynard.</B><BR>  <BR> 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. <BR>  <BR><I>The Bird Hotel </I>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, <I>The Bird Hotel </I>has all the hallmarks of a Joyce Maynard novel that have made her a leading voice of her generation.<BR>  <BR><I>The Bird Hotel</I> is a big, sweeping story spanning four decades, offering lyricism as well as whimsy. While the world <I>New York Times </I>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. <BR>  <BR> As the <I>New York Times</I> said, "[Maynard] has an unswerving eye, a sharply perked ear, and the ability to keep her readers hanging on her words." <I>People Magazine</I> said of her: "Maynard’s spare prose packs a rich emotional punch.”