Book description
Enter the magical world of La Llorona withNew York Timesbestselling 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.
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Bird Hotel as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The protagonist, Irene, experiences a tragedy at the beginning of this story, almost too painful for me to bear.
Yet, I was relieved when her experience leads her to travel to Central America, where she manages to find a reason to continue living.
While I was reading this story, I was writing my own novel set in South America, and so reveled in the mystical influences and whimsy of Irene’s new adventures in a village of colorful culture and characters.
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