By: Vanessa Diffenbaugh
FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARS
Description-
A mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, The Language of Flowers beautifully weaves past and present, creating a vivid portrait of an unforgettable woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own troubled past.
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, it’s been more useful in communicating grief, 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, Victoria has nowhere to go and sleeps in a public park, where she plants a small garden of her own. Soon a local florist discovers her talents, and Victoria realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But a mysterious vendor at the flower market has her questioning what’s been missing in her life, and when she’s forced to confront a painful secret from her past, she must decide whether it’s worth risking everything for a second chance at happiness.
My thoughts-
Real. This book reads real. The pain and hurt was tangible. The need to communicate through flowers made you want to learn the language. I kept finding myself trying to remember what every single flower meant that was used.
This book hit very close to home for us. Our family has a very close understanding of adoption, foster children and mixed families. It's everything that you don't want and want to happen all smacked up together. The fear of what happens to some children in "the system". The hope that they can over come the hand that was delt to them.
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