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The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story.In Melissa Broder's astounding new novel, a 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.
About the Author
Melissa Broder is the author of the novels MILK FED (February 2021) and THE PISCES, the essay collection SO SAD TODAY, and five collections of poems including LAST SEXT and the forthcoming SUPERDOOM: Selected Poems.She lives in Los Angeles.www.melissabroder.com
