Bloom Again: A Novel Business_Gift_Guide - A laminated pull-out map

- A laminated pull-out map of Dublin

recognizing messages and signs from angels

and the attackers vanish—along with a precious jade intended as tribute to the Emperor of Sui

or could it hold the key to the Disappearance

Mixing quirky and melancholy commentary on densely packed urban life

Bloom Again: A Novel Business_Gift_Guide - A laminated pull-out mapElyse is an emptynest mother and artist in Alaska, and Astrid is a paleobotany professor in North Carolina. When the seemingly fulfilling lives of these distanced childhood friends are shaken, everything theyve carefully establishedfrom friends to careers to marriagesshifts, slips, unravels. This outer unraveling mirrors a growing discomfort with their safe lives. For Elyse, it begins with a mundane moment at the grocery store and a news story about