Palm Trees and Blue Beads

By Mara Phoenix

Sam is a girl on the run - lost, alone, and with no recollection of how she ended up in Ventura, California. With no place to go and no answers to who she is or where she came from, Sam is forced to build a fragile new existence for herself in the quiet coastal town. Taken in by Holt, a 56-year-old beach bum type who runs a small surf shop, Sam begins to rebuild, but the shadows of her uncertain past loom large. As she grapples with an aching sense of abandonment and loneliness that haunts her every move, she fights the urge to run - again. Her isolation is a comfort and a prison, and the harder she tries to stay and put down new roots among the kind and generous people of Ventura, the more she feels the pull to escape.

But as her memories start to resurface, Sam finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew. Who can she trust when nothing - least of all herself - feels real? And when her past finally comes knocking, will she be able to confront the truth of who she is before her instincts take over and she disappears again?

A gripping exploration of identity, survival, and found family, Palm Trees and Blue Beads dives deep into the struggle to find a place where we truly belong.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DTQ2RGKV
• ISBN13: 9798306285139
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"