Full Bloom
A Novel
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- 9,99 €
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The power to be seen. The power to be heard. The power to be adored. . .
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A woman’s life is forever changed by a mysterious perfume in this stunning novel about ambition and untapped desire from the New York Times bestselling author of Ghosts of Harvard.
“An absolutely gorgeous read—the perfect combination of romance, mystery, and magical realism, with a vibrant cast of characters.”—Sarah MacLean, author of These Summer Storms
Reeling from a breakup and overlooked at her job as a lighting designer, Iris Sunnegren finds herself stuck, disconnected, and lonely in crowded New York City. Her wealthy friends are married and having babies, while she’s trying to pay for freezing her eggs. And the future she longs for feels out of reach.
Then, a mysterious neighbor, an older Frenchwoman, makes her a gift: a bespoke perfume.
One spritz, a dab behind the ears, and Iris feels like a different woman. Suddenly, she is the object of every man’s desire, and she can satisfy her own hungers for sex, love, and ambition. She can cast off her inhibitions and use her newfound allure to dazzle the high-profile client, attract a man who excites her like no other, and access all the rarified spaces that once excluded her. Invigorated by the perfume, Iris embodies her maximum power—a flower fully bloomed.
But there is danger in connecting to our primal emotions. Scent awakens buried memories, and nightmares of the childhood house fire she barely survived return to haunt her. As Iris ventures deeper into the glamorous and male-dominated worlds of New York real estate, dimly-lit steakhouses, and beachfront mansions in the Hamptons, she finds herself getting closer to unspeakable truths—about the people she trusted, about the people she loved, and about the new circle of power-players that invited her in.
A sensual and seductive novel set among the upper echelons of New York City, Full Bloom is at once a poignant story of becoming and a riveting mystery that asks: Who are you without your inhibitions? Does being wanted get you what you want, or will you be devoured by desire?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Serritella's lively sophomore novel (after Ghosts of Harvard), a 30-something New Yorker reckons with societal pressures to have children and a successful career. Having been orphaned as a child by a house fire, Iris Sunnegren longs for stability in adulthood. Following an unexpected breakup with her boyfriend, Ben, Iris decides to freeze her eggs and angles for a promotion at her lighting design firm to pay for the procedure. Though her ideas are passed off by a male colleague as his own, she manages to grab the attention of client Jonathan Wolff, a real estate mogul. Still, the ordeal eats away at her already low confidence until a perfumer friend makes a special perfume for her. Buoyed by this signature scent, she charms Gabe, a glassblower, and opens up to him about her heartache and past trauma. Their relationship is tested when Gabe meets Jonathan and calls him out over his role in gentrification, and also when Iris has a chance to rekindle her romance with Ben. The stakes are further raised when Iris accepts a job offer from Jonathan, only to discover that Gabe's objections only scratched the surface of Jonathan's nefariousness. Serritella vividly portrays the intricacies of office politics and dating, and makes it easy to root for Iris as she seeks fulfillment on her own terms. Readers are in for a treat.
