{"product_id":"9781250338020","title":"Beautyland: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Dakota Johnson x TeaTime Book Club Pick\u003cbr\u003eA Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, Time, Elle, Esquire, Goodreads, and WBEZ Chicago\u003cbr\u003eA Must-Read: Nylon, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Review of Books, Literary Hub, The Millions, Kirkus Reviews, BookRiot, The Christian Science Monitor, Our Culture, The Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A monumental accomplishment, a shimmering masterpiece.” ―Michael Schaub, The Boston Globe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A book that I will recommend to people for the rest of my life.” ―Dakota Johnson, Bustle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of Parakeet, Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is a wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn’t feel at home on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but she reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she is different: She possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. The arrival of a fax machine enables her to contact her extraterrestrial relatives, beings who have sent her to report on the oddities of Earthlings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years, as she moves through the world and makes a life for herself among humans, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and surprising joys of their existence. Then, at a precarious moment, a beloved friend urges Adina to share her messages with the world. Is there a chance she is not alone?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is a novel of startling originality about the fragility and resilience of life on our Earth and in our universe. It is a remarkable evocation of the feeling of being in exile at home, and it introduces a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48367198896361,"sku":"9781250338020","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9781250338020.jpg?v=1746568128","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/9781250338020","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}