The Language of Flowers in Around the World in 80 Books

Dec 05, 2011 Sera rated it it was amazing

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This book made me well up and cry - not a deep sob, but enough where I had to blow my nose as a result of it. I really liked this story about a girl who grew up in foster care and learned through one of her caretakers about the language of flowers. Diffenbaugh actually created the flower dictionary that appears in the appendix of the book and that figures as a key point in the story while she was writing it - so cool! She has also been a foster care mother and adopted one of her children through ...more

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Nov 18, 2020 Jen Pratt rated it liked it

I like flowers and so I picked up this book without knowing much about it. It’s about a girl who grew up in and out of foster care and in state custody. She struggled growing up. The story alternates between her experiences as a 9-10 year old and as an 18-19 year old. She did have a hard life, but it stressed me out that she made everything worse by assuming the worst. She assumed that those around her didn’t love her and only pitied her. That led to her rejecting them, hiding from them and mali ...more

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Jan 14, 2013 Windy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

What a lovely book. The story flits between the present day and Victoria's childhood with chapters ending on cliff-hangers which I found really compelling. If I'd been reading it at a weekend or on holiday I could imagine reading it in one sitting.

A heart-warming story with a not-too-sickly-sweet ending. ...more

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Apr 09, 2013 Andy Plonka rated it it was amazing

This book is in a class by itself. Not really a romance, nor flawed chasracter study, it blend an enigmatic central charcter with the sense that products of nature can provide meaning to life.

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