The stories not told in the movie are all in the book

Sylvia 2022-08-25 18:53:37

This is a story about healing and being healed, relying on and being dependent on, and a story about how close animals and people can be. At the same time, it also conveys the great power of love. This "Penguin" with only 200,000 fans was finally put on the screen.

"Penguin Bloom", which uses pictures to show the true story of the little magpie, tells the true story behind the movie.

The little magpie "Penguin", this book was co-authored by Mr. Cameron Bloom (the father of "Penguin") and best-selling author Bradley Trevor Griff.

Bradley Trevor Greive ( Bradley Trevor Greive ) was born in Australia and has worked as a painter, cartoonist, furniture and toy designer, cartoon director, screenwriter, and commander of the paratroopers. Now lives in Sydney.

Photographer Cameron Bloom and his wife Sam have fallen in love since the age of 19. They regard each other as the "first, final, and only love" in their lives. They also have three sons. Family life has not eroded the Blooms’ enthusiasm for life and each other, on the contrary, they feel that their love for each other and family is increasing day by day. However, an accident took Sam's legs, Sam was unable to regain confidence in life, and the whole family fell into suffocating pain.

At this time, the injured little magpie entered their lives. Take care of the whole family. After recovering, the little magpie still returns to Bloom's house from time to time, to play with the children, sleep together, and get close and company with Sam. Because of its black and white coat, everyone called it "Penguin" and gave it a surname. Since then, the little magpie has the name "Penguin Bloom" (Penguin Bloom). Because of helping it, Sam once again felt the feeling of being needed; the courage of "Penguin" to overcome the pain and fly again also gave her encouragement; and the closeness day after day made her naughty and cute and the love between the two parties The tacit understanding is revealed. Little Magpie and this family, their healing is mutual.

Cameron used a camera to record the time his family spent with the "penguins", which caused a heated discussion on social media. Later, "New York Times" bestselling author Bradley Trevor Greive (Bradley Trevor Greive) wrote their story as "Penguin Bloom."

It is not just a collection of photos, but a realistic record of the happiness of a family, the great changes, and the regaining of life. The story began with the love between the two. He described his wife Sam when he first met: "She is small, courageous, and beautiful."

From childhood to youth, to becoming a wife, Cameron used a lot of pen and ink to describe Sam's special, strong, confident, reserved, and the encouragement and warmth she gave him. The sweet time is like yesterday in Cameron's pen.

Then came the accident. Huge pain, long repairs, despair and sadness that hit from time to time... Sam has experienced unimaginable physical and mental torture, and Cameron and his three children are also silently enduring another kind of torment. .

Although he can't empathize with him, Cameron tells everyone that what can be given between people is deep understanding, firm love and action of love.

Sam wrote a long letter to the reader at the end of the book, writing his true feelings, and giving some detailed advice to other people who have suffered misfortune and relatives and friends around him. she says:

Trying as many new things as possible is the key to letting the emptiness collapse and making your new world wider and wider. You must be prepared for this: Since it is an attempt, there will be success and failure. For any result, you have to accept it frankly.

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One criterion for measuring the level of recovery is whether you have reached the level where you can take on certain responsibilities and not only take care of yourself. Taking care of the sick little penguin gave me amazing gains, and the process of taking care of it to regain strength and independence has greatly helped me in many ways. As long as I have the ability, I will strive to be a person who others can rely on, rather than a person who always depends on others.

It is this desire to help others, hopes and dreams for future life, that light up their souls.

Love can hurt people, or it can make you reborn.

Penguin Bloom
7.6
Cameron Bloom, Bradley Trevor Greive / 2018 / Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press

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Penguin Bloom quotes

  • Noah Bloom: [narrating] Mom broke her back at what the doctors called T-6. But what mom calls her "bra strap".

  • Noah Bloom: [narrating] Mom's not the person she once was. And I know she's not the person she wanted to be. But to me, she's much more than that.