
The Bird Hotel
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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.
The Bird Hotel 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, The Bird Hotel has all the hallmarks of a Joyce Maynard novel that have made her a leading voice of her generation.
The Bird Hotel is a big, sweeping story spanning four decades, offering lyricism as well as whimsy. While the world New York Times 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.
As the New York Times said, "[Maynard] has an unswerving eye, a sharply perked ear, and the ability to keep her readers hanging on her words." People Magazine said of her: "Maynard's spare prose packs a rich emotional punch."
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Content
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- One thing about hard times
- 1 1970. From now on you're Irene
- 2 No evidence of survivors
- 3 A man from the sunny side of the street
- 4 One way to find your family
- 5 Orange and black balloon
- 6 The earth opens up
- 7 Riding the Green Tortoise
- 8 Bus to nowhere
- 9 A six-year-old tour guide
- 10 Stone egg
- 11 The only thing that lasts is the volcano
- 12 I remember food
- 13 Shrimp as big as your hand
- 14 How to make macarons
- 15 No return address
- 16 A hand-beaded belt
- 17 Seekers
- 18 A good place to disappear
- 19 Have you ever met Spider-Man?
- 20 Unlikely demographics
- 21 Only money
- 22 Bankers come knocking
- 23 Health problems, and a bag for carrying potatoes
- 24 Serpent in the garden
- 25 Scorpions
- 26 Buying a pencil
- 27 A long-lost daughter. A paint box
- 28 Six hundred and seventy two varieties of birds. Not to mention fireflies
- 29 A fall
- 30 Mourning, overdue
- 31 The last chapter, the first chapter
- 32 A visit from the lawyer
- 33 Fixer-upper
- 34 A particularly fine tilapia, a long list of repairs
- 35 The man for the job
- 36 Honeymooners
- 37 A large check
- 38 A dinner party, a volcano
- 39 Honeymoon, interrupted
- 40 Just a traveler passing through
- 41 The question of family
- 42 A folder of letters
- 43 The queen of trash
- 44 The lizard men
- 45 Paperwork
- 46 Piece of heaven
- 47 An herb that makes babies possible
- 48 Rubber boots on the mountain
- 49 Fancy sneakers and a bag of basketballs
- 50 An unlikely proposal. (Two of them.)
- 51 Thinking about babies
- 52 The kiss
- 53 A daughter and two mothers
- 54 Worry dolls
- 55 Mysterious disappearances
- 56 A rival
- 57 Sweeping stone
- 58 Death of another mother
- 59 Some people say only boys get to be doctors
- 60 A visit with the Mayan astrologer
- 61 A very deep ravine
- 62 Swimming lessons
- 63 One thing about having an operator for a friend
- 64 An unlikely mother
- 65 Raising a baby on macramé
- 66 A fish without a bicycle
- 67 Five-star rating
- 68 A buyer shows up
- 69 God must be angry
- 70 The birds sang louder
- 71 A tortilla saleswoman in the road
- 72 A school made from soda bottles
- 73 Must be some herb
- 74 An unexpected art lover
- 75 A no-hands game
- 76 I'm a fish
- 77 King Bass
- 78 In appreciation for services rendered
- 79 The wall
- 80 A red light-bulb
- 81 Always the volcano
- 82 The deep heart's core
- 83 Looking out for the family
- 84 A monkey, unchained
- 85 A death in California
- 86 One good man
- 87 I've waited a long time for this
- 88 Vinyl records
- 89 I want to know about your life
- 90 The most beautiful voice
- 91 The Gabriel García Márquez version
- 92 A night in the Monkey Room
- 93 One piece of paper
- 94 A wallet goes missing
- 95 The dream of America
- 96 Five million dollars
- 97 End of the world. Almost
- 98 Saved by a wall
- 99 Unopened letters
- 100 One more letter
- 101 The return of the fireflies
- Acknowledgments
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