Sunday, December 25, 2011

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Read by Tara Sands

This was a difficult audiobook to listen to because of how the main character dealt with her newborn child. I actually had to stop listening a few times because it was so painful.

Victoria has been in and out of foster and group homes and is finally emancipated at age 18. She's homeless, but finds solace with a flower shop owner on the weekends. Victoria knows the language of flowers and has a gift of flower arranging.  One of her foster moms taught her what flowers mean and Victoria truly believes that her flowers can make people "feel" something.  While Victoria can help others, she has a very difficult time helping herself. She doesn't know how to love others and this is a HUGE problem when she becomes pregnant. Honestly, I don't want to give away the plot, but the book takes a pretty big serious turn.  This isn't a fluffy flower book, which is what I thought I was getting into....

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