{"product_id":"death-valley-pre-order","title":"Death Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe most profound book yet from the visionary author of \u003ca href=\"Milk%20Fed\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMilk Fed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/the-pisces\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pisces\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks to a receptionist who recommends a nearby hike. Out on the sun-scorched 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo she enters it. What awaits her inside this mystical succulent sets her on a journey at once desolate and rich, hilarious and poignant. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Melissa Broder at her most imaginative, most universal, and finest. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is \u003cem\u003eDeath Valley\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melissa Broder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44038432620801,"sku":"9781526665225","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-1365.png?v=1728404269","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/death-valley-pre-order","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}