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The Bird Hotel

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Enter the magical world of La Llorona with New York Times best-selling 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.

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 best-selling author Joyce Maynard brings to life is rendered from her imagination, it’s one informed by the more than 20 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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Fantastique Fiction Fiction de genre Littérature mondiale Magique Sincère Spirituel Village
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Excellent! Thoroughly enjoyed the plot and all the characters. The narration was great as well!

Interesting Story

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what an amazing novel made me laugh aloud & cry tears - things I seldom do. thank you for this incredible experience

wow

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and it's narration - I didn't realize it was the author doing the reading. I had made a mental note to look up the narrator so I could find her other work and that's when I discovered it was the author herself. I felt like I was listening to a very real life story and it kept my interest from start to finish. I am now looking for more of her work to sample.

captivating

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On top of the fact that this novel is mostly boring, with all of its soit-disant apexes quite predictable, I would not recommend the audio version of this novel. Unfortunately—though I can’t imagine why—the author chose to narrate her own work. Her voice is unpleasantly metallic and lacks proper voice training, making the listening experience quite difficult. She often begins her sentences with a jarring, high-pitched tone and ends them in a near whisper—extremely frustrating for the listener. Every line of dialogue is delivered in the same screeching voice. Why? To give it personality? Yet all the characters sound exactly alike.
The producer, for their part, should have done a better job editing out repeated segments (of which there are several) and balancing the audio levels. More importantly, they should have insisted on hiring a professional, voice-trained narrator.

What a disappointment!

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