West End Book Club: The Bird Hotel (West End)

Join Library Trustee Gemma Tansey for the book discussion of The Bird Hotel.

The Bird Hotel, by Joyce Maynard, is about how 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 magic realism, The Bird Hotel is a big, sweeping story spanning four decades.