title: Bloom: Finding Beauty in the Unexpected--A Memoir
author:  Kelle Hampton 
description: Bloom is one of the most emotionally stirring books Ive ever read. This story is a reminder that perfect, when it comes to human beings, is such a relative (and irrelevant) termand that a mothers love for her child is a powerful, eternal, unshakable force. (Ree Drummond, New York Times bestselling author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks)<br /><br />Kelle Hamptonreminds us that life may not always look pretty or perfect, but it is always beautiful. She has indeed made of her life something wild and precious and her book, like her two beautiful girls, is a bundle of joy. I finished it reluctantly and with a full heart. (Claire Fontaine, national bestselling author of Come Back: A Mother and Daughter's Journey Through Hell and Back)<br /><br />In her tender and genuinely beautiful memoir, Kelle Hampton encourages us to not simply accept the unexpected circumstances of our lives, but to embrace them like the things we wished for all along. (Matthew Logelin, New York Times bestselling author of Two Kisses for Maddy)<br /><br />A constitutionally positive personHampton makes a convincing argument that grief and disappointment can be transformed into compassion and joy. (People (3 stars))<br /><br />#11 New York Times Bestseller (New York Times)<br /><br />A USA Today Bestseller (USA Today)<br /><br />Bloom is not only about a particular young mother working through the place of hurt it is about all of us. [A] powerful meditation on loss, perspective, challenge and opportunity. Give it to anyone you know who is hurting. (Fort Myers Florida Weekly)<br /><br />In Bloom, a searing and brave portrait of her babys first year, Hampton opens up about her fearsjubilation, andthe throbbing pain of losing what I had expected. Filled with personal photos from the delivery room through Nellas first birthday, Bloom givesnew meaning to the term open book. (BookPage)<br /><br />Winner of 2012 Moms Choice Silver Award, Biographies &amp; Memoirs (Mom's Choice Awards)
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  # Blooming Desire
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Octavia Kore
  
  
  ## Lula Monk
  
  
  ## Dani Morrison
  
  
  ## S.J. Sanders
  
  
  ## Charity Wells
  
  
  ## Diana Rose Wilson
  
  
  ## Julie L. Vance
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Foreword](part0002.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lula Monk
  
  
  [The Verdant Lands](part0005.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Dani Morrison
  
  
  [A Fortnight to Bloom](part0019.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Octavia Kore
  
  
  [Breaths of Desire](part0031.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Charity Wells
  
  
  [The Mate Hunt](part0050.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  S.J. Sanders
  
  
  [Love Blooms for the Pixie Queen](part0061.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Julie L. Vance
  
  
  [His Forbidden Mate](part0089.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Diana Rose Wilson
  
  
  [Spring Moon](part0104.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Blooming Desire
  
  
  An Extraordinary Spring Romance Collection
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Compiled by
  
  
  They Come from Beyond Anthologies
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contributions from
  
  
  Octavia Kore, Lula Monk, Dani Morrison, S.J. Sanders, Charity Wells, Diana
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