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Free To Bloom

by Jill Green (Goodreads Author)

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Through eleven partially linked chronological stories we follow Danielle as she splits from a long-term marriage to find her way as a single woman living alone in a foreign country. Her search for both physical and emotional contentment and independence leads her to take risks in life and love from jumping off waterfalls, to discovering a gorgeous young caveman, and learni...more Through eleven partially linked chronological stories we follow Danielle as she splits from a long-term marriage to find her way as a single woman living alone in a foreign country. Her search for both physical and emotional contentment and independence leads her to take risks in life and love from jumping off waterfalls, to discovering a gorgeous young caveman, and learning the art of marijuana growing and harvesting. Follow her journey as she intertwines intimate personal insights with wild adventures.
The first story Of Time and the Mountain reveals that beginning a new life and building a house in an isolated part of a foreign country, Costa Rica, is rampant with challenges: physical, emotional and personal. The frayed threads of a long term marriage begin to unravel one by one.
Learning a new language, meeting new people, living in a strange culture, subsisting in a primitive environment without basic necessities bring a need for a little respite wherever it can be found. And find it Danielle does, whether it's going to local festivals in the mountain villages, finding archeological artifacts, or getting to know both locals and expats.
Danielle travels back and forth between the U.S. and Costa Rica finding adventure wherever she is. New relationships blossom, grow strong, wilt, revive or die, but all are worthwhile experiences. With Danielle’s newborn independence, taking risks in both love and life becomes necessity. A U.S. doctor is shocked by her little parasite in My Friend George. A scary alligator plies Florida waters in Alligator Dreams. A Costa Rican cave dweller falls in love with her in God’s Caveman. She is horrified by the ‘dog-eat-dog’ world in Puppy Love. At turns she is terrified and exhilarated by conquering the waterfall in Fear of Falling. Getting to know Adrian in California includes experiencing his illegal lifestyle and feeling his paranoia when the cops appear at the pot growing fields in Getting To Know You – Humboldt County.
Join Danielle as she deals with both the highs and lows of her adventurous life; how she deals with conflict, has fun, learns patience and gains contentment as her life blooms into full flower.(less)

Paperback, 95 pages

Published April 11th 2011 by Avocate House A Cappela Publ.

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Nov 15, 2011 Marcie rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I just now finished Jill Green's Free To Bloom book, and I closed the book with a smile. I loved how Jill wrote the expierences in personal detail so you feel like you are with Dannielle through the up and downs of her romantic life, as well as her life adventures with new aquantiances or life long friends. Even though the expierences were not my own, I feel like in a few pages, Jill managed to give me a glimpse of Costa Rica life as a City girl or a Gringa. Thank you, Jill Green, for making me...more

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Nov 22, 2011 Kim rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This was a first reads win.

At 94 pages, this was a super fast and enjoyable read. Each short story exposes the main character's life in short blips of time and covers a wide range of emotions- fear, anger, love, passion - and so many others. Despite being short stories, there is never a lack of action, imagery, or detail.

At times, I did find myself wishing that some of the stories were more connected with back story, if only to keep myself chronologically grounded.

Regardless, this was a wonderfu...more

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Dec 13, 2011 Brenda rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Free To Bloom is a delightful book about a woman's adventure in a remote area of Costa Rica. I found it easy to read and loved the descriptions of her tropical paradise as well as her depictions of some very interesting relationships and experiences.

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Though born in California, and living in France as a child, Jill Green's formative years were spent on Florida's Gulf Coast. After college at the Univ of Florida, marriage, two children - one deaf, she started teaching, helped run two businesses and after 30 years, got divorced.
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