{"product_id":"cyclamen-chadia-chalmers-9781764426800","title":"Cyclamen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Even Through Rubble, Flowers Bloom\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWild, heart-shaped and brushed with pink, the cyclamen flower grows quietly among Lebanon's rugged hillsides-perennial and tenacious. For Chadia, it becomes the living metaphor of her journey: upheaval and rebirth, resilience and unforeseen beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised in privilege, Chadia's childhood radiated joy until betrayal stripped her father of their estate. Then civil war shattered her homeland. At sixteen, she confronted brutality-her mother torn by shrapnel, her sister wounded by a sniper. Forced into the militia, and military training, she chose compassion instead, saving others from death and rescuing a child from abuse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeeking safety, she moved to the United States, only to endure a loveless marriage. Like the cyclamen, she endured, waiting for spring. Australia became that spring. Amid open skies and golden shores, love bloomed in the most unexpected place-the Holiday Inn, a hotel chain woven through her life's crossroads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, Chadia reflects with warmth and sincerity as a mother and storyteller. Her daughter continues this legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA journey from rubble to rebirth, innocence to conviction, war-torn soil to gardens of peace. And through it all, the cyclamen blooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chadia Chalmers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1764426800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764426800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Publicious Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Chadia Chalmers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083891908863,"sku":"9781764426800","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cyclamen-chadia-chalmers-9781764426800","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}