Laura Schroff realized pretty early on that her first book would form a natural bridge to her second. Her debut, “An Invisible Thread,” told the true, inspiring story of her friendship with Maurice, ...

Sometimes I think it’s beginning to rain when I’m tending to the veg, but the sound is in fact bugs bouncing off the polytunnel walls. Insect ASMR. A bee dances by, gold-dusted and drunk on nectar.