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A special collaboration with The Stacks for our first-ever West Coast retreat!
A special collaboration with The Stacks for our first-ever West Coast retreat!
A special collab with The Stacks for our first-ever West Coast retreat!
We are THRILLED to co-host this retreat with Traci Thomas, the creator and host of everyone's favorite book podcast: The Stacks.
If you're not already listening to Traci's incredible conversations with world-class authors… what are you even doing?
If you're not already listening to the pod… what are you even doing?!
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An electric novel from the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO in the twilight hours of his life as he is ferried from this world into the next
An electric novel from the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO in the twilight hours of his life as he is ferried from this world into the next
An electric novel from the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO in the twilight hours of his life as he is ferried from this world into the next
“Staggering . . . Saunders has outdone himself with this endlessly irreverent work of art.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Staggering . . . Saunders has outdone himself with this endlessly irreverent work of art.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Staggering . . . Saunders has outdone himself with this endlessly irreverent work of art.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
Not for the first time, Jill “Doll” Blaine finds herself hurtling toward earth, reconstituting as she falls, right down to her favorite black pumps. She plummets towards her newest charge, yet another soul she must usher into the afterlife, and lands headfirst in the circular drive of his ornate mansion.
She has performed this sacred duty 343 times since her own death. Her charges, as a rule, have been greatly comforted in their final moments. But this charge, she soon discovers, isn’t like the others. The powerful K. J. Boone will not be consoled, because he has nothing to regret. He lived a big, bold, epic life, and the world is better for it. Isn’t it?
Vigil transports us, careening, through the wild final evening of a complicated man. Visitors begin to arrive (worldly and otherworldly, alive and dead), clamoring for a reckoning. Birds swarm the dying man’s room; a black calf grazes on the love seat; a man from a distant, drought-ravaged village materializes; two oil-business cronies from decades past show up with chilling plans for Boone’s postdeath future.
With the wisdom, playfulness, and explosive imagination we’ve come to expect, George Saunders takes on the gravest issues of our time—the menace of corporate greed, the toll of capitalism, the environmental perils of progress—and, in the process, spins a tale that encompasses life and death, good and evil, and the thorny question of absolution.
Publisher: Random House
BOOK-THEMED DINNERS
BOOK-THEMED DINNERS
BOOK-THEMED DINNERS
DIEGO ARGOTI
ESTRANO
DIEGO ARGOTI
ESTRANO
DIEGO ARGOTI
ESTRANO
COOKIN'
THE BOOKS
COOKIN'
THE BOOKS
Experimental chef Diego Argoti will hang with us all weekend in Joshua Tree, whipping up TWO fabulous book-themed dinners on site!
Chef Argoti is the creative mastermind behind Estrano, a series of unorthodox street food pop-ups in LA, and the brains behind the legendary Poltergeist restaurant.
So basically… this is MAJOR.
Experimental chef Diego Argoti will hang with us all weekend in Joshua Tree, whipping up TWO fabulous book-themed dinners on site!
Chef Argoti is the creative mastermind behind Estrano, a series of unorthodox street food pop-ups in LA, and the brains behind the legendary Poltergeist restaurant.
So basically… this is MAJOR.
CURATED WINE PROGRAM
CURATED WINE PROGRAM
CURATED WINE PROGRAM
DIA
NATURAL WINE
DIA
NATURAL WINE
DIA
NATURAL WINE
NATURAL
PAIRING
NATURAL
PAIRING
The lovely team at DIA Natural Wine are curating a FAB 5-course wine pairing for our Saturday night dinner — all natural babyyyy.
DIA Natural Wine is the most adorable wine shop in LA, selling the best wines, handmade goods, and hosting classes!
The lovely team at DIA Natural Wine are curating a FAB 5-course wine pairing for our Saturday night dinner — all natural babyyyy.
DIA Natural Wine is the most adorable wine shop in LA, selling the best wines, handmade goods, and hosting classes!
Plus, ghostly wines from Phantom Wine!
Plus, ghostly wines from Phantom Wine!
Plus, ghostly wines from Phantom Wine!
VERY ON THEME for our book, we'll sip on "hauntingly delicious" California wines from our friends at Phantom Wine!
VERY ON THEME for our book, we'll sip on "hauntingly delicious" California wines from our friends at Phantom Wine!
Phantom is our wine partner for our Friday night dinner, where we'll taste their Red Blend and Chardonnay.
Phantom is our wine partner for our Friday night dinner, where we'll taste their Red Blend and Chardonnay.
PREMIUM AIRSTREAMS
PREMIUM AIRSTREAMS
PREMIUM AIRSTREAMS
We're staying in these adorable and luxurious mid-century airstreams — each one is equipped with modern bathrooms, kitchenettes and more!
We're staying in these adorable and luxurious mid-century airstreams — each one is equipped with modern bathrooms, kitchenettes and more!
HIKING IN JOSHUA TREE
HIKING IN JOSHUA TREE
HIKING IN JOSHUA TREE
On Saturday, we'll drive 10 minutes to world famous Joshua Tree National Park for a guided hike (low on intensity, high on BEAUTY)
On Saturday, we'll drive 10 minutes to world famous Joshua Tree National Park for a guided hike (low on intensity, high on BEAUTY)
SWIMMING IN
THE DESERT
SWIMMING IN
THE DESERT
SWIMMING IN
THE DESERT
OH and there's a heated pool with mountain views…! We'll have plenty of time to chill, swim, chat and relax.
OH and there's a heated pool with mountain views…! We'll have plenty of time to chill, swim, chat and relax.
3% of every booking will be donated to Freedom Reads.
3% of every booking will be donated to Freedom Reads.
3% of every booking will be donated to Freedom Reads.
Freedom Reads is the only organization in the nation using literature, design, and architecture to create transformative experiences for people in prison in the United States.
On a mission is to bring joy, inspire hope, and help those Inside confront what prison does to the spirit, Freedom Reads brings beautiful bookcases into prisons.
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