A Desert in Bloom

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>What can you hold on to when everything around you is changing?</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Two unlikely friends wander the west in old Ford station wagon. One is fighting time and the other addiction. In quiet confessions they travel a mysterious past through a present warmed by wisdom and laughter. The people they meet are unpredictable: aristocrats mobsters strong women and weak men. Theirs is a troubled odyssey torn by jailbreaks flash floods heartbreak and war. </span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Brutally honest and beautifully written Bayne delivers an unforgettable saga of redemption and grace.</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>                      - <em>Mitchell Sam Rossi author of SEA OF BETRAYAL</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Based on a mostly true story <em>A Desert in Bloom </em>is a timeless adventure across a century of change - a braided history woven with con artists movie stars car chases and big cats. Set against the relentless destruction of the natural world it is one family's destiny unfolding in the road trip you'll never forget.</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>From the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to the California Sierra on freight trains and broken caravans a small boy comes of age. Through barren deserts and shattered mineshafts a young man prevails. He struggles to survive - on blazing ammunition ships in white-out blizzards and glittering casinos. A life once bound by circumstance set free by passion and purpose.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Like </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Grapes of Wrath</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>A Desert in Bloom</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> has its roots in the Great Depression in a landscape plagued by poverty prejudice and broken dreams. Like </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Lonesome Dove</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> it is a heartfelt journey of the willing an unbreakable bond forged on a jagged trail.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Writer/director </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>William Landvoigt Bayne</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> explores the intersection of truth and legend in an epic tale for our times. After a long career in commercial and documentary film this is his first novel - and he still has that '56 Ford. </span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>To see the film behind the adventure visit ADesertInBloom.net.</em></p>