The Language of Flowers
(Sprache: Englisch)
The Victorian language of flowers was used to express emotions like love, or for Victoria Jones, mistrust and solitude. A foster child, now eighteen, she sleeps in a park and plants a small garden when she is discovered by a local florist. After a chance...
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The Victorian language of flowers was used to express emotions like love, or for Victoria Jones, mistrust and solitude. A foster child, now eighteen, she sleeps in a park and plants a small garden when she is discovered by a local florist. After a chance meeting, Victoria must confront her past, to decide whether to risk everything for a second chance at happiness.
Autoren-Porträt von Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Vanessa Diffenbaugh was born in San Francisco and raised in Chico, California. After studying creative writing and education at Stanford, she went on to teach art and writing to youth in low-income communities. She and her husband PK have three children: Tre'von, 18, Chela, 4, and Miles, 3. Tre'von, a former foster child, is attending New York University on a Gates Millenium Scholarship. Vanessa and her family currently live in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where her husband is studying urban school reform at Harvard.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Vanessa Diffenbaugh
- 2011, 320 Seiten, Maße: 15,4 x 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Macmillan Press
- ISBN-10: 0230755062
- ISBN-13: 9780230755062
- Erscheinungsdatum: 08.07.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
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Advance praise for "The Language of Flowers" "Enchanting, ennobling, and powerfully engaging, Diffenbaugh's artfully accomplished debut novel lends poignant testimony to the multitude of mysteries held in the human heart."-- Booklist (starred review) "This heartbreaking debut novel about mothers and daughters, love, and the secret significance of flowers had me weeping with emotion and wonder. Victoria Jones is an unforgettable heroine and you will never look at flowers the same way again."-- Tatiana de Rosnay, author of Sarah's Key "Devastating, hopeful, and beautifully written, "The Language of Flowers "is a testament to the tender mercies and miraculous healing power of love."--Beth Hoffman, author of "Saving CeeCee Honeycutt" "A deftly powerful story of finding your way home, even after you've burned every bridge behind you, "The Language of Flowers" took my heart apart, chapter by chapter, then reassembled the broken pieces in better working co
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