For the ones who heard me when I didn't speak.

Bloom in Mud is a deeply personal, darkly funny, and emotionally raw novel about identity, exile, motherhood, and choosing love over inherited pain. After eight years of infertility, heartbreak, and quiet rage, a woman becomes a mother in a world that never quite made space for her. Told in sharp, fragmentary episodes across decades, it traces a life lived between languages and countries-where belonging is negotiated, grief is carried quietly, and hope keeps finding a way to bloom.

From a fertility clinic in Sweden to a sun-struck day on the French Riviera, from office coffee rooms to the stillness of a late-night kitchen, the narrator wrestles with faith, family, culture, and the ache of wanting a child. Her voice is incisive, tender, and often bitingly funny as she refuses to pass on the pain she inherited-and instead transforms it into love.

Perfect for readers of literary women's fiction who gravitate to intimate, voice-driven narratives about motherhood, migration, and the slow work of healing.

Inside you'll find:

• A moving portrait of infertility and resilience
• Immigrant life rendered with candor, wit, and nuance
• Fragments spanning 2018-2042 that assemble into a powerful whole
• A mother-daughter story that refuses easy answers

"This is a work of fiction. But the truths between the lines are very real."