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The Language of Flowers

Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Start date: December 1, 2016

Finish date: December 31, 2016

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Aug 31, 2014 Jenna Cross rated it it was amazing

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This story sucked me in from the very beginning. I loved it and didn't want to put it down. ...more

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Sep 28, 2012 Janet C-B rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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The Language of Flowers is a debut novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh that has a fresh perspective. The main character is Victoria, a woman who spent the first 18 yrs of her life in the foster care system. Chapters alternate between her voice and the voice of Elizabeth, a foster parent who came close to adopting her when she was 10 yrs old.

I thought the character development in the novel was quite good. All characters were flawed, which is important to me. It was enriching for me to give some thought ...more

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Jan 15, 2015 Leslie rated it it was amazing

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This was a beautiful novel about a young woman who grows up in the foster care system. Her history of traumatic experiences and of not having any stable relationships lead her to not trust herself or others in relationships and to be afraid to hope for anything better for herself. In one of her foster homes, she learned about the meanings of different fliers and connects with that as a means of communication and emotional awareness, in others if not herself. This eventually gives her the means t ...more

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