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 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 more useful in communicating 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 with nowhere to go, Victoria realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But an unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger 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.
  
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Author: Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 04/03/2012
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780345525550


Review Citation(s): 
People 04/09/2012 pg. 55
Library Journal 05/15/2016 pg. 73
About the Author
To write The Language of Flowers,  Vanessa Diffenbaugh found inspiration in her own experience as a foster mother. After studying creative writing and education at Stanford University, Vanessa taught art and writing to youth in low-income communities. She and her husband, PK, have three children and live in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This is her first novel.