Audiobook10 hours
A Life in Bloom
Written by Anna E. Collins
Narrated by Lindsey Dorcus
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
()
About this audiobook
High school teacher Kristin Caine has a black belt in settling for less and a dying mother who doesn't mince words when it comes to voicing how disappointed this makes her. But when Kristin's status quo is rocked by an unexpected pregnancy and the consequent breakup with her less-than-enthusiastic boyfriend, things change. Suddenly, agreeing to help her overbearing mother complete a bucket list before the big C wins seems not the worst thing in the world-despite their many differences and Kristin's fear of traveling.
But Kristin's sense of self-preservation is strong, and if not for the compassion of Lily Landon, a friendly airport stranger with a tissue to spare, the first leg of the trip might have been over before it even began. Lily is like no one Kristin has ever met-a globe-trotting photographer full of joie de vivre who is on a first-name basis with the flight crew-and in her presence, the impossible suddenly seems . . . possible.
As a journey of physical and emotional adventures, belated mother-daughter bonding, and unexpected romantic feelings for Lily ensues, Kristin must challenge preconceived notions of motherhood, love, and what it means to live life fully, one bucket-list checkmark at a time. Only if she succeeds will she be able to create a new future free of self-imposed limits, for herself and her unborn child.
But Kristin's sense of self-preservation is strong, and if not for the compassion of Lily Landon, a friendly airport stranger with a tissue to spare, the first leg of the trip might have been over before it even began. Lily is like no one Kristin has ever met-a globe-trotting photographer full of joie de vivre who is on a first-name basis with the flight crew-and in her presence, the impossible suddenly seems . . . possible.
As a journey of physical and emotional adventures, belated mother-daughter bonding, and unexpected romantic feelings for Lily ensues, Kristin must challenge preconceived notions of motherhood, love, and what it means to live life fully, one bucket-list checkmark at a time. Only if she succeeds will she be able to create a new future free of self-imposed limits, for herself and her unborn child.
Author
Anna E. Collins
ANNA E. COLLINS is a Seattle-area author who writes stories about the lives and loves of women. Once upon a time she was a teacher, and she has a master's degree in educational psychology. Love at First Spite is her first novel. Visit her website, aecollinsbooks.com, or find her on Instagram, @aeccreates.
More audiobooks from Anna E. Collins
These Numbered Days Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love at First Spite: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to A Life in Bloom
Related audiobooks
No Time To Blink Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Improbably Yours: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Happy Catastrophe: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Bloom Girls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Her Last Hope Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What She Lost Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As Though You Were Mine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Breathing in Reverse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wynn in Doubt Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anywhere the Weeds Grow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyond the Moonlit Sea: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wait for the Rain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Save Me Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All the Salt in the Sea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Passing Storm: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anytime the Birds Fall Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Closer Home Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What Remains True: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How I Came to Sparkle Again: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What We Remember: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I Wish You Happy: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Two Weeks of Summer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Keep Me Afloat Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tangle of Strings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Forgotten Hours Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Second Chance Supper Club Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Visible Signs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Time We Met Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Where We Fall: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blaming the Wind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Literary Fiction For You
Demon Copperhead: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Bell Jar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: A Hunger Games Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Poisonwood Bible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Measure: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alchemist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Picture of Dorian Gray: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stardust Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Parable of the Sower Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yellowface: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tom Lake: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Their Eyes Were Watching God Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Leave the World Behind: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Song of Achilles: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House in the Cerulean Sea Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hang the Moon: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of The Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Road Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dutch House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Overstory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Name of the Wind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Flowers for Algernon Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Kindred Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for A Life in Bloom
Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
5 ratings0 reviews