{"product_id":"saffron-bloom-heather-neff-9798353322962","title":"Saffron Bloom","description":"\u003ci\u003eSaffron Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel by Heather NeffTwo men fall in love with a girl.\u003cbr\u003eThen she becomes a woman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSixteen-year-old Saffron Hunter can handle herself on the streets of Detroit. \u003cbr\u003eRaised by her mother, a no-nonsense nurse, and her doting grandfather, Saffron's dorky glasses, drab rags and middle-school hair hide a quick-thinking, highly perceptive girl. Saffron believes books are better than boys, so it's just dumb luck that one summer afternoon she ends up in a park sharing a joint with a bunch of kids...until one boy goes too far. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happens that afternoon intrigues Ishmael, the weed man whose past brought him from an orphanage in Kenya to the wealthiest enclaves of Detroit. Mysterious, moody, and unpredictable, Ishmael sets his sights on Saffron and slowly works his way into the girl's heart, even managing to gain the approval of her mother. Saffron and Ishmael begin an intensely erotic affair, buoyed by alcohol and drugs. Their afternoon trysts, however, mean one thing to the man, but something entirely different to the girl, who desperately tries, and painfully fails to win his love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy her 19th birthday, the streetwise ostrich has grown into a guarded, but beautiful swan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcited by her first job and the freedom of the hot summer nights, Saffron encounters Tristan, the copper-haired bartender in a local downtown dive. Determined to protect herself from ever being hurt again, Saffron struggles against the fire the strangely engaging, secretly gifted musician ignites in her heart. Once she enters Tristan's lair, a renovated factory in the heart of the city, Saffron's resolve is lost. Never had she dreamed of such a sense of safety, instinctual understanding, and passionate devotion from anyone, much less a man whose background is so different from her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShunned by the outside world, Saffron and Tristan slowly build a private universe. Their relationship deepens with each passing day...until Saffron begins to uncover devastating lies and half-told truths about both Tristan \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Ishmael, whose chance reappearance sets a bitter rivalry in motion that disrupts all their lives for years to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSaffron will one day have to choose between a man who promises her wealth and prominence, and another, who is still searching for the courage to love her. Over the course of her journey she will know the loneliness of separation and the agonizing challenge of forgiveness - while she struggles to carve out her own uniquely powerful place in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author of novels exploring racism, addiction, intimate partner violence, and human trafficking, in \u003ci\u003eSaffron Bloom\u003c\/i\u003e Heather Neff has composed a sweeping tale about the long and labyrinthine path to deep and enduring love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeather Neff is the author of the award-winning works \u003ci\u003eWisdom, Haarlem, Accident of Birth, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlissfield\u003c\/i\u003e. Visit her author website: www.heatherneffbooks.net\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heather Neff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 835332296X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798353322962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.98d","brand":"Heather Neff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44122906427647,"sku":"9798353322962","price":23.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a606b4b-dd28-420b-b0c6-0c2d726191ab.jpg?v=1687427793","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/saffron-bloom-heather-neff-9798353322962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}