The Bird Hotel: A Novel
By Joyce Maynard

Enter the magical world of La Llorona withand New York Timesand bestselling author Joyce Maynard.and After a childhood filled with heartbreak, Irene, a talented artist,and 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.and and The Bird Hoteland tells the story of this young American who, after suffering tragedy, restores and runsand 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,and The Bird Hoteland has all the hallmarks of a Joyce Maynard novel that have made her a leading voice of her generation.and The Bird Hoteland is a big, sweeping story spanning four decades, offering lyricism as well as whimsy. While the worldand New York Timesand bestselling authorand 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.and and As theand New York Timesand said, "[Maynard] has an unswerving eye, a sharply perked ear, and the ability to keep her readers hanging on her words."and People Magazineand said ofand her: "Maynard's spare prose packs a rich emotional punch. and