The Language of Flowers: A Novel | 
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Beautifully written story about a woman who had a talent for growing flowers and she uses that skill to help others. Set in Victorian times you get a glimpse into the mundane lives of people.
pickI didn‘t start out loving this book—despite my sympathy for her horrible childhood in the foster care system, I found the MC, Victoria, hard to take. She grew on me though & I wanted her to have a happy ending. Loved the beautiful descriptions of flowers & their symbolism. 🌸A selection for my virtual foodie bookclub, I made a Baguette Stuffed with Cheese & Herbs like one made by Grant for Victoria as my book-inspired dish. Review/Recipe link👇🏻
My somewhat cobbled-together sad desk lunch: a poke bowl with multi-grain rice from across the street, seaweed seaweed snack from my desk, & fruit snacks from the classroom snack bucket (I‘m insisting that these work as vitamin C for my cold!) 😉With my virtual foodie book club read due at the end of January that I am just starting. I got a chapter in before being disturbed...😬 #worklife
"anyone can grow into something beautiful."
pickEnjoyed reading about the different messages that a flower has and how flowers can repair broken hearts. I cared for each member of the unconventional family and was thrilled with the ending.
pickBought this book over 2 years ago and finally sat down to read it. I‘m glad I did! Such a sad but beautiful story and I was rooting for Victoria the whole time. 👍🏾
1. Tagged
2. Grey
3. Visited a cemetery for work
4. Yes and yes
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pickI really enjoyed this one. The story pulled me in. The MC did irritate me a little bit but I understood why she made bad decisions. It ended up very uplifting.
One of the many #flowers at work. The tagged book is on my TBR
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#Flowers
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A book from my tbr shelf and the beautiful flowers from my sweet friend @Stacypatrice a few months ago ❤️🌸🌷😘
pickI enjoyed the use of the flowers to further the meaning of the main characters interactions, overall if you read the synopsis and feel you will enjoy it you probably will.
pickVictoria (the main character) is bounced around from foster home to group home until she turns 18. What‘s next? And why is she so seriously damaged? And how does she know so much about flowers?
I enjoyed this book, but in the middle I thought it might break me, but then the story turned and I liked the ending.
Current read and current view. Enjoying this day off from work and soaking up the fresh air and sun!
pickMoss has no roots.
I'm not the Romance / Contemporary kind of person. But this was a really heart warming read. I love that it is shaped around this romantic flower language; but still touch the soul with love, forgiveness and family.
Truly something different.
#maymoviemagic #gimmeshelter
There‘s a point in this novel early on when a character is homeless and living in a local park - I wanted to swoop in and #givehershelter I read this last year but it‘s really stayed with me - it‘s a much grittier read than the cover represents!
📚The Language of Lowers
🎥 Batman an Robin - For Poison Ivy. She was the first thing I thought of.
🎧Painting Flowers - All Time Low
#manicmonday @JoScho
📚 - The Language of Flowers
🎬 - Little Shop of Horrors
🎵- Tiptoe through the Tulips, Tiny Tim
#manicmonday @JoScho
4 of my favorite flowers
#flowers #springintoreading @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88
pickBeautifully woven tale about the building of maternal relationships and of course the Victorian language of flowers. A sweet love story.
so-soNovel about a young woman who, aging out of foster care and a group home, must learn to live on her own. Her skill with flowers will help her find work, but her past, especially her relationship with a foster parent who taught her about flowers, must be confronted. Themes related to parenting, motherhood and becoming a good person when you‘ve had few examples to follow. https://cannonballread.com/2019/03/the-language-of-flowers-a-novel-elcicco/
1. Fall
2. Gerber Daisy/Sun Flower/Spider Mum
3. 🌻🌷🌹
4. Penicillin & the seasonal variety
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#frideas @SailorMoon
1. Spring
2. Colorful ones
3. See above
4. Yes, latex & penicillin. The rest is debatable.
5. @sukhdeep
#frideas @SailorMoon
I love how Vanessa use the different flowers and their meanings to build the story.
For eight years I dreamed of fire. Trees ignited as I passed them; oceans burned.
"Perhaps the unattached, the unwanted, the unloved, could grow to give love as lushly as anyone else."
🌷cooler temps and planting my flowers!!
🌻 pollen!!
🌼 my beautiful zinnias 🌺
🥀 hmmmm plant my flowers 🌸
🌻🌼🌸🌷🌹💐🥀 Make people happy!!
#HelloThursday
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#Flowers
Now I am thinking if spring! ❤🏵🌸🌻🌼🥀🌺
#LITERARYLOVE
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FLOWERS
Victoria knew she could identify flowers and what effect they would have on a person. She could choose flowers, know what emotion they would evoke, and what the person receiving the flowers needed.
This book stood for unconditional love, for hardship, for talent, for disappointment, and for working for what you really want.
Have you read this book from 2011?
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Found this today at an amazing bargain price! So very happy I finally have my own copy and that it is this cover! 😍😍😍
Thank you so much I love everything @CSeydel the ornaments are beautiful #xmasxstitchexchange thank you @vkois88 for doing a wonderful exchange
Currently reading The Language of Flowers. Though it seemed like something I would never read, I‘m so glad I picked it up off of that clearance rack. Can‘t wait to finish this book and it‘s given me bouquet ideas based on the meaning of the flowers in the book.
#PracticalMagic #WitchyReads @Linsy
This is a book I might never have picked up without book club. I am so glad I did. I love the element of practical magic here - the main character uses the elements associated with flowers in a magical way.
#tarottakeover 3 #theempresscard can represent the creation of life, romance, art, or new business, & this heart wrenching book has all of those things. The main character is flawed & distant, so she uses flower arranging to work through things. Along the way, she finds both maternal and romantic love, as well as acceptance & healing. Motherhood & creativity is a permeating topic in this one. @ErinSueG @WhiskeyMistress
pickThis book was an uncomfortable read for me. It was character driven by a broken person, so each choice the character made- I wanted to scream lol. But at the end, everything came full circle and I wasn‘t let down. I enjoyed the book. 😁
pickMy second #MakeMeReadIt selection, also read on an airplane. What an emotionally harrowing story. This was like nothing else I‘d read before, the story of a sensitive young girl who grows up emotionally adrift, without permanent familial love, the terrible toll it takes on her, and how she finally begins to heal.
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pick“I had been loyal to nothing except the language of flowers. If I started lying about it, there would be nothing in my life that was beautiful or true.”
Bought flowers today and this book always comes to mind. Since reading, I‘ve never looked at flowers the same way.
Mixed reviews from others, but I enjoyed the journey of the story. Not a “fun and feel good” kind of read - this one is heavy with some rough topics. Beautiful symbolism throughout.
#BooksAndFlowers I may not have any flowers to show with a book, but in this novel flowers definitely play a huge role. It even had a dictionary in the back about what some flowers mean. #ReadingResolutions
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pickWow!!! I loved this book!! I think it‘s this year‘s favorite, thus far. Foster child aging out and totally alone, and her past experience with foster mom who loved flowers and owned an orchard. Touching. 4.5⭐️ Pub. 2011 Pair with The Cowsills‘ The Rain, The Park, and Other Things...”I Love The Flower Girl”.
#readingresolutions day 21 #poor @Jess7
After being emancipated from the foster system, Victoria finds herself living in park. She become a florist and uses flowers to help others with their issues and eventually, in a way, they help her with her own. This is such a beautiful story, even if I didn't give it a good summery . Everyone should read it.
pickFinished this books today before I went out to watch fireworks 💥
I absolutely loved this novel! Victoria is a child who has been passed around the foster system. She finally finds the mother she always dreamed of in Elizabeth. But what happens to drive them apart?!
If you loved White Oleander you‘ll love this and vice versa.
I loved the addition of the language of flowers into Victoria‘s world. Beautifully written. I ugly cried at the end.
Such a beautiful cover and beautiful story inside... #flowercover #riotgram
pickBought this at an op shop a year ago, finally read it and was pleasantly surprised. It‘s an easy read, ‘upmarket contemporary‘ I guess, focusing on a young woman who has aged out of the foster care system and is left with no support or resources. Sounded like a few other books I‘ve read, but this one steered away from the usual tropes. Unusual to see a young female misanthrope for a change - I thought that was well done.
pick🌼 Peonies in the spring, hydrangeas in the summer. 🌼 Tomatoes 🍅 🌼 Gardens - lots of them! 🌼 The Language of Flowers #gardenparty @REPollock
