Immersive Memoir Embraces the Extraordinary Power of the Human Spirit and The Transformative Nature of Love. Winner of the Next Generation Indie Book Award Memoir - Winner of the National Indie Excellence Award Grief - Gold Medal Winner of the Book Excellence Award Grief - Bronze Medal Winner of The Living Now Award Inspirational Memoir - Finalist of the USA Best News Award Autobiography In the early hours of January 9, 2018, hefty rainfall combined with deforestation from the recent Thomas Fire unleashed a devastating debris flow in Montecito, California. The unimaginable event was responsible for 23 lives lost and cost $177 million in property damage. News of the mudslide that ravaged the unsuspecting community made national headlines. Among those headlines was the tragic story of the Cantin family. Where Yellow Flowers Bloom chronicles the events leading up to and following the disaster that took the lives of Kim's husband David, their son Jack, and their dog Chester, miraculously, Kim and her daughter Lauren were somehow spared. The book details Kim's journey of survival—from mourning her husband's death while recreating a life for herself and her daughter to following her intuition and receiving extraordinary support from her community to find Jack's remains. Her story is full of mysterious and awe-inspiring messages, signs, and synchronicities that prove reality is greater and kinder than we can conceive. This is Kim's first book, and she hopes her story can show others, especially those affected by trauma and grief, the power of determination and resilience, and the importance of looking for positivity when it seems impossible to find. Yellow flowers grow in an unexpected place. Despite the magnitude of loss and grief, they help Kim to see beauty where there should be none. In the end, love found a way. ***** A riveting account of love and perseverance...where kindness becomes intrinsically entwined with survival... "Where Yellow Flowers Bloom” is brave, insightful —and harrowing… [Kim] takes you from agonizing loss to true growth thanks to the blessings of human kindness… For anyone enduring great loss, this book may be a touchstone for navigating the journey of healing and rebirth… Her brave voice will have you grabbing your hankies in this gripping memoir… A thoughtful and sensitive treatment of a tragic subject… "Cantin writes gracefully and honestly about unimaginable loss. Her courage and perseverance to find her son is a testament to her family. Her brave voice will have you grabbing your hankies in this gripping memoir." —Leslie Zemeckis, actress, filmmaker, and author of Feuding Fan Dancers and Goddess of Love Incarnate "Cantin gracefully handles a difficult, gruesome subject that is also extremely personal...A thoughtful and sensitive treatment of a tragic subject." —Kirkus Review " Where Yellow Flowers Bloom is brave, insightful—and harrowing." —Catherine Saillant, Southern California journalist " Where Yellow Flowers Bloom is more than a portrait of a family disaster. It's a riveting account of the love and perseverance that carry a mother and daughter into a new life where kindness becomes intrinsically entwined with survival." —D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review "Readers will be in awe at how the unseen forces of kindness, intuition, synchronicities, and cutting-edge science come together and affirm that even when it seems darkest, light can find us all and shine." —Catherine Weissenberg, author of Beyond Ever After: A Heart-to-Heart Journey Through Death and the Afterlife "A gripping story of determination and resilience. Kim's journey reveals the fullness of the human experience. She takes you from agonizing loss to true growth thanks to the blessings of human kindness and the soul's gifts of strength, insights, and eternal love." —Suzanne Giesemann, author of Still Right Here and Messages of Hope "Inspiration rises from this heart-wrenching story like treasured possessions and cherished memories painfully extracted from the Montecito mud....the enormous wreckage of her home, her town, and her life uncovers the power of human kindness, astonishing synchronicities from beyond our physical plane, and a deep 'knowing' that love is eternal. For anyone enduring great loss, this book may be a touchstone for navigating the journey of healing and rebirth." —Don Fergusson, author of Salmon to Siddhartha "Grief transforms into connections in Kim Cantin's memoir that centers on the 2018 Southern California mudflows....Moved along by gathered memories, this is a vulnerable text. Cantin's language is raw...The mudslide that is the book's impetus lasted only a few minutes, but its effects linger." —Foreword Reviews "Survivors with similar stories, as well as anyone with curiosity about the event or about a woman with limitless strength, will find this book enthralling." —Blue Ink Review "This is an unbelievable story of triumph