{"product_id":"9781250026811","title":"The Pink Hotel: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e EDITORS' CHOICE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book moved and provoked me in ways I can't fully articulate....Extraordinary.\"—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Paquin (\u003ci\u003eTrue Blood\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA seventeen-year-old girl pieces together the mystery of her mother's life and death among the bars and bedrooms of Los Angeles in this dazzling debut novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA raucous, drug-fueled party has taken over a boutique hotel on Venice Beach—it's a memorial for Lily, the now-deceased, free-spirited proprietress of the place. Little do the attendees know that Lily's estranged daughter—and the nameless narrator of this striking novel—is among them, and she has just walked off with a suitcase of Lily's belongings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbandoned by Lily many years ago, she has come a long way to learn about her mother, and the stolen suitcase—stuffed with clothes, letters, and photographs—contains not only a history of her mother's love life, but perhaps also the key to her own identity. As the tough, resourceful narrator tracks down her mother's former husbands, boyfriends, and acquaintances, a risky reenactment of her life begins to unfold. Lily had a knack for falling in love with the wrong people, and one man, a fashion photographer turned paparazzo, has begun to work his sinuous charms on the young woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with high style and noirish flare, Anna Stothard's \u003ci\u003eThe Pink Hotel \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerfully evocative debut novel about wish fulfillment, reckless impulse, and how we discover ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122139349232,"sku":"9781250026811","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250026811_p0.jpg?v=1769891441","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250026811","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}