{"product_id":"the-dream-hotel-a-read-with-jenna-pick-hardcover","title":"The Dream Hotel: A Read with Jenna Pick - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaila Lalami\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eREAD WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON \u003ci\u003eTODAY \u003c\/i\u003e● From Laila Lalami--the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist and a \"maestra of literary fiction\" (NPR)--comes a riveting and utterly original novel about one woman's fight for freedom, set in a near future where even dreams are under surveillance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA's algorithm has determined that she is at imminent risk of harming the person she loves most: her husband. For his safety, she must be kept under observation for twenty-one days. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe agents transfer Sara to a retention center, where she is held with other dreamers, all of them women trying to prove their innocence from different crimes. With every deviation from the strict and ever-shifting rules of the facility, their stay is extended. Months pass and Sara seems no closer to release. Then one day, a new resident arrives, disrupting the order of the facility and leading Sara on a collision course with the very companies that have deprived her of her freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEerie, urgent, and ceaselessly clear-eyed, \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Hotel \u003c\/i\u003eartfully explores the seductive nature of technology, which puts us in shackles even as it makes our lives easier. Lalami asks how much of ourselves must remain private if we are to remain free, and whether even the most invasive forms of surveillance can ever capture who we really are.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLAILA LALAMI\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Moor's Account\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the American Book Award, the Arab-American Book Award, and the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award; was on the longlist for the Booker Prize; and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, was a national bestseller, won the Simpson\/Joyce Carol Oates Prize, and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her books have been translated into twenty languages. Lalami's writing appears regularly in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been awarded fellowships from the British Council, the Fulbright Program, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.4 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45085095362736,"sku":"9780593317600","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1121\/0060\/files\/bJ5paNy1kg9780593317600.webp?v=1777996856","url":"https:\/\/sidekicksptown.com\/products\/the-dream-hotel-a-read-with-jenna-pick-hardcover","provider":"Sidekicks Ptown","version":"1.0","type":"link"}