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)
zlib_text: Around the Blooming Heather
  Celia J. Lisbeth
  
  Copyright © 2020 Celia J. Lisbeth
  All rights reserved.
  The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not
  intended by the author.
  No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic,
  mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.
  ISBN: 978-1-7359587-1-2
  Cover design by: Aria Grace, Resplendent Media
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  To my late grandmother, a strong lady whose story of moving to the states from Ireland when she was just fourteen-
  years-old inspired me. To the people of Ireland, keep being wonderful. I’ll return soon.
  
  PROLOGUE
  It had been a long time since I’d heard the banshee’s infamous cry. Her wail carried across the
  wind like a wolf’s howl; mournful, but higher in pitch, and spine chilling.
  My moth