{"product_id":"death-valley","title":"Death Valley","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Riotously original ... A triumph'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA journey unlike any you've read before\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer most profound book yet ... Surreal, hysterical and beguiling in every sense\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGLAMOUR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most profound book yet from the visionary author of \u003ci\u003eMilk Fed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pisces\u003c\/i\u003e, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story.\u003c\/b\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. What 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. So she enters it. What awaits her inside this mystical succulent sets her on a journey at once desolate and rich, hilarious and poignant.This is Melissa Broder at her most imaginative, most universal, and finest. This is \u003ci\u003eDeath Valley\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PISCES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Of all the books that I read this summer I think this was my absolute favourite. It really blew me away' \u003cb\u003eDOLLY ALDERTON\u003c\/b\u003e'Frank, provocative and brilliant' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Hilarious, poignant, sexy. A brilliant story about why we crave connection and how to find ourselves' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eELLE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Laugh-out-loud funny' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ei\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43583530008773,"sku":"","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Death_20Valley.jpg?v=1716637710","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/death-valley","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}