Cut Flowers
By Sean Boling
()
About this ebook
Stanford and Dodge are both looking for redemption, each having arrived at their current purgatory via extremely different paths: Stanford from the top-down, and Dodge from the bottom-up. Dodge wasted the greater part of his adult life in a drug-induced stupor, consequently neglecting the family he started when he was much younger. Stanford wasted an upscale career in business thanks to his hubris, which led to a horrific tragedy. Told from Stanford’s point of view, the story unfolds in the rugged coastal region of California stretching from Half Moon Bay to Santa Cruz, where the two men are working for a flower grower, Joe Mirabelli. Only half an hour away from cemented civilization, the community’s atmosphere seems more like the edge of the world, residing on a narrow stretch of land locked in by the Pacific on one side, and the mountains separating it from the well-lighted Bay Area on the other side. It is here, working on the ranch, that the unlikely co-workers search for a way back to self-respect. Dodge has lived in the area all his life, while Stanford is an anomaly to the local residents: a visitor from “over the hill” who decided to stay. Though Stanford and Dodge do not have much to do with each other for the first several months of Stanford’s employment at Mirabelli Nurseries, they form a close bond following Stanford’s intervention in an attack on Dodge by a drug-crazed man who jogs into the ranch from Highway One. As their mutual respect grows, so do their suspicions that the event concerning the overdosed man points to a larger problem infecting the enchanted area. A series of circumstances lead them to believe that a nearby broken-down ranch is doubling as a crystal meth factory, manufacturing the drug for street distribution through the San Francisco wholesale flower market. As simple as it may be to report their suspicions to the proper authorities, the men instead latch onto the investigation as a way to prove themselves to each other, and to those whom they have let down, lost, or ruined during the course of their lives leading up to this point. However, just as their previous lives’ pursuits were marked by tragic consequences, their amateur sleuthing careens toward a conclusion even more out of control than the past events they are trying to overcome.
Sean Boling
Sean lives with his family in Paso Robles, California. He teaches English at Cuesta College.
Read more from Sean Boling
The Latest Version of My Love Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Name Field Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAbraham the Anchor Baby Terrorist Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDevin's Best Afterlife Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSatellite Campus Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShow Them What They Won Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRevenge and Wellness in the Sweet Hereafter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOnce in Two Lifetimes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Summer of Our Foreclosure Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShould Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Charter to That Other Place Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMoral Adjacent Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Cut Flowers
Related ebooks
Private Edens: Beautiful Country Gardens Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lilies: Beautiful varieties for home and garden Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCaring for Cut Flowers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cut Flowers and Foliages Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIntroduction to Floriculture Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Year Full of Flowers: Gardening for all seasons Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFlowers Every Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSlow Flowers: Four Seasons of Locally Grown Bouquets from the Garden, Meadow and Farm Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5How To Make A Million Dollars With Flowers: The Ultimate Guide To Profitable Flower Farming Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Tiny Flower Garden Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In Bloom: Growing, Harvesting and Arranging Homegrown Flowers All Year Round Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hydrangeas: Beautiful varieties for home and garden Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAll Pollen, No Petal: Behind the Flower Farming Dream Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFloret Farm's Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Harvest, and Arrange Stunning Seasonal Blooms Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5101 Almost Free Gardening Projects Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beauty through Everlasting Flowers: Drying Ferns and Flowers for Winter Decorations Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDwarf Fruit Trees - Their Propagation, Pruning, and General Management, Adapted to the United States and Canada Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe New Shade Garden: Creating a Lush Oasis in the Age of Climate Change Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5RSPB Gardening for Wildlife: New edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An Abundance of Flowers: More Great Flower Breeders of the Past Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHouseplants: Plants to Add Style and Glamour to Your Home Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCool Flowers: How to Grow and Enjoy Long-Blooming Hardy Annual Flowers Using Cool Weather Techniques Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Tiny Indoor Garden Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rosemary Verey: The Life & Lessons of a Legendary Gardener Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFlourishing in the Flower Business: A Comprehensive Guide to Growing and Selling Beautiful Blooms: Course, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Good Gardener Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLate Bloomer: How to Garden with Comfort, Ease and Simplicity in the Second Half of Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFloret Farm's Discovering Dahlias: A Guide to Growing and Arranging Magnificent Blooms Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Houseplant Basics Book Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
General Fiction For You
The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shantaram: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The City of Dreaming Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ulysses: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life of Pi: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unhoneymooners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Meditations: Complete and Unabridged 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 Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beartown: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everything's Fine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Second Life of Mirielle West: A Haunting Historical Novel Perfect for Book Clubs Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It Ends with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Candy House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nettle & Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Sister's Keeper: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Recital of the Dark Verses Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Black Girl: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Cut Flowers
0 ratings0 reviews