"Some things cannot be translated. Some things were never labeled."Wren Vance works as an archivist, spending her days sorting old objects in quiet museum rooms. She likes things that stay still, things she can understand and name. People, with their secrets and surprises, are harder.Everything changes when the museum receives the estate of Arden Vane, a famous botanical artist who disappeared from public life after a sudden death in 1992. As Wren opens each box of drawings, dried plants, and letters, she finds something impossible: a painting of a Red Spider Lily growing in the cracked concrete of her own childhood driveway. The painting is dated years before she ever heard of Arden Vane.Shaken, Wren begins to wonder how this artist could have known anything about her private past. What did Arden know about Wren's mother, Eleanor-quiet, distant, and full of secrets? And why does it feel like the truth has been waiting for Wren all along?With the help of Marina, Arden's sharp but kind surviving partner, Wren starts to piece together a hidden story: old love letters, secret maps, and a connection between Arden and Eleanor that was kept quiet for decades. The more Wren learns, the more she begins to doubt the official story of Arden's "death." What if Arden didn't die? What if she escaped? And what if Wren's mother was meant to escape with her?The Taxonomy of Longing is a quiet, haunting novel about the things families hide, the stories we inherit without knowing, and the courage it takes to finally face the truth. It is a book about longing, memory, art, and the ghosts we create to survive. Davis Shyaka Musirikare is an unbounded storyteller - a voice that moves freely across genres, ideas, and emotions. His writing defies limitation, blending philosophy, imagination, and realism into experiences that challenge how we see the world and ourselves.Whether exploring the depths of human thought, the beauty of fiction, the strategy of power, or the science of existence, Davis writes with one purpose - to awaken the reader's mind and spirit. His stories are not confined by style or subject; they are driven by curiosity, truth, and the endless search for meaning.Known for his cinematic tone and reflective intensity, he transforms everyday questions into timeless explorations of life. Every book he writes invites readers to think, feel, and rediscover what it means to be alive.His words live beyond category - where wisdom meets wonder, and where storytelling becomes philosophy

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