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This was a nice easy read. There were some things that didn't really make sense, but for some reason it didn't bug me as much it normally would. It was a sweet plot where a woman who grew up in foster homes has a special gift for arranging and understanding the language of flowers. Her passion for flowers lit a spark in her, that surely if she had never been introduced to them she wouldn't have a purpose in life. I would actually give it like a 3.5 if I could.
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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
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Great book! Heartily recommended.
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