The Language of Flowers

Posted on 09 May 2017 by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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 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. New Download The Language of Flowers [ Author ] Vanessa Diffenbaugh [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr The elegantly worded The Language of Flowers made me invest quite a lot during the first chapters, but gambled all my affection away later on I will try to explain how this unceremonious drop around the middle of the story came to pass after introducing Victoria to you There is nothing victorious about Victoria apart from the fact that she survived to see her eighteen s birthday Even social worker Meredith sees her only as a failure she personally doesn t deserve A dark blotch on her white s The elegantly worded The Language of Flowers made me invest quite a lot during the first chapters, but gambled all my affection away later on I will try to explain how this unceremonious drop around the middle of the story came to pass after introducing Victoria to you There is nothing victorious about Victoria apart from the fact that she survived to see her eight...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Too much folding He folded himself into a chair She folded her feet beneath her He folded over in exhaustion placing his head on the table She folded over in pain She folded herself underneath the bush How about He sat in a chair She pulled her feet be...Can t remember when I ve read and enjoyed a story as much as Victoria s She stole my heart from the beginning and I only grew to admire and love herwith each page There were times when I wanted to shake her and yell at her to wake up and get a grip Just when I thought she wouldn t, she did just that Amazing story of survival, love, and strength The flowers add so much depth and feelings to this story that I was enthralled by it all Just an amazing and wonderfully well written book wi Can t remember when I ve read an...Sorry if I post this review twice I somehow lost the one I was writing.This book is the darling of book clubs all over the country but I found it to be insipid and flawed It showed great promise for about the first third Diffenbaugh seemed to show an accurate and heartbreaking portrait of a young girl...The Language of Flowers by Vanessa DiffenbaughI loved this book from the beginning and didn t want it to end I have always had a fascination with knowing the names history of flowers and plants and love finding them in natural surroundings This book, The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, whose name is similar to the dieffenbachia plant had such a moving story line in telling the story of Victoria, from her abandonment at birth, through childhood abuse, to her orphanage experience The Language of Flowers by Vanessa DiffenbaughI loved this book from the beginning and didn t want it to end I have always had a fascination with knowing the names history of flowers and plants and love finding them in natural surroundings This book, The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, whose name is similar to the dieffenbachia plant had such a moving story line in telling the story of Victoria, from her abandonment at birth, through childhood abuse, to her orphanage experiences and her difficulties in forming and maintaining relationships Victoria s life is portrayed with a depth of a feeling that pulls the reader into caring about this strange and sometimes difficult young woman T...I have received many a horrified look when I have told people that I don t like red roses Their expression of horror only got worse when I told them I much preferred yellow roses I was always really confused as to why which flowers I liked would cause such a strong reaction.Then I read this book and found out Translation Time I don t like red roses I don t like love But I love yellow roses But I love infidelity.o.ONow, I m guessing that this was...Update 1.99 Kindle special today If any of my friends especially women friends , have missed reading this book.now is a good time to buy it Vanessa, the author, truly wrote a book about something she has direct experience with The Foster Care SystemThe LANGUAGE of flowers Location San Francisco Vanessa went to Standard lived in the Bay Area and is very familiar ...This book was to me, the language of growth, acceptance, and love and of coming home I have many books on my shelf, but this one stood out simply as I remembered a quick line from a friend, saying she loved it thanks Jools for this, and for my book.This was special, and did really suit me in the form of short intense chapters, alternating between the past and present Tethering me somewhere between constantly feeling bereft yet hopeful, but precariously edgy I did not put this book down on m This book was to me, the language of growth, acceptance, and love and of coming home I have many books on my shelf, but this one stood out simply as I remembered a quick line from a friend, saying she loved it thanks Jools for this, and for my book.This was special, and did really suit me in the form of short intense chapters, alternating between the past and present Tethering me somewhere between constantly feeling bereft yet hopeful, but precariously edgy I did not put this book down on many occasions Lovely Victoria learns the art of flowers language from a young age, and we learn about her as she starts this life lesson It was a continual blossoming, and the floral images amazing I am not capable of even arranging a simple arrangement, b...I received this book from Goodreads Giveaways.After my recent horrendous experience with The Rose Labyrinth, which had me wanting to claw my eyes out after four sentences, it was wonderful to come across a novel with such a graceful writing style that was apparent from the first page For eight years I dreamed of fire Trees ignited as I passed them, oceans burned The sugary smoke settled in my hair as I slept, the scent like a cloud left on my pillow as I rose Even so, the moment my mattress I received this book from Goodreads Giveaways.After my recent horrendous experience with The Rose Labyrinth, which had me wanting to claw my eyes out after four sentences, it was wonderful to come across a novel with such a graceful writing style that was apparent from the first page For eight years I dreamed of fire Trees ignited as I passed them, oceans burned The sugary smoke settled in my hair as I slept, the scent like a cloud left on my pillow as I rose Even so, t...I received this book through a postal book swap and we were just permitted to post online as we are through our rotation.When this book first came out, I kept seeing the hard cover everywhere with its very striking image of white blossoms and a black background It kind of had the look of a romance novel, so I hadn t tried it My friend Kathryn read and loved it, and th...

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09 May 2017

Vanessa Diffenbaugh