The Language of Flowers (Paperback)
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The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, its been more useful in comm......more
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The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, its been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen and emancipated from the system with nowhere to go, Victoria realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But an unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger has her questioning whats been missing in her life. And when shes forced to confront a painful secret from her past, she must decide whether its worth risking everything for a second chance at happiness.
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To write The Language of Flowers, Vanessa Diffenbaugh found inspiration in her own experience as a foster mother. After studying creative writing and education at Stanford University, Vanessa taught art and writing to youth in low-income communities. She and her husband, PK, have three children and live in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This is her first novel.
- Author:
- Diffenbaugh, Vanessa
- Genre:
- FICTION / Literary
- Audience:
- General/trade
- Edition Detail:
- Reprint
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 334
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Ballantine Books
- Publish Date:
- 04/03/2012
- Copyright Year:
- 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780345525550
- Height:
- 8.25 in
- Wdth:
- 5.25 in
- Thickness:
- 0.75 in
- Unit weight:
- 0.58 lb
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Purchased as reading for book club. Enjoyable and somewhat thought provoking book
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The Language of Flowers
We read this in bookclub and it certainly generated a lot of good discussion. It did raise our level of awareness about foster care and the afterlife of being raised in foster care. It ended hopefully and I like that.
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The language of Flowers
What a great book, should never have picked it up as I could not put it down. Would recommend this book to everybody. One of the best books I have read for quite some time.
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