The Sun and Her Flowers

#1 New York Times bestselling author Rupi Kaur offers her second #1 bestselling collection of poetry. A vibrant and transcendent journey about growth and healing. Ancestry and honoring one’s roots. Expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself.

#1 New York Times USA Today Publishers Weekly Indie Bestseller

Divided into five chapters with Kaur’s signature minimalistic illustrations, the reader is guided through a poetic journey through five stages of growth: wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. The intimate and personal reflections celebrate love through its evolution and in all its forms.

• Kaur is also the author of #1 New York Times bestsellers milk and honey and home body.
• More than 11 million of her poetry collections have been sold, and they have been translated in 43 languages.
• “Rupi Kaur Live,” the first-of-its-kind poetry special, appears on Prime Video
• Ideal gift or self-purchase for fans of modern poetry

this is the recipe of life
said my mother
as she held me in her arms as i wept
think of those flowers you plant
in the garden each year
they will teach you
that people too
must wilt
fall
root
rise
in order to bloom

Revel in Kaur’s reflections on love, self-care, female empowerment and relationships, resilience and more, illuminating every page. From the author lauded by The New Republic as “the Writer of the Decade.”

As a 21-year-old university student Rupi Kaur wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetry collection, milk and honey. Next came its artistic sibling, the sun and her flowers. These collections have sold over 11 million copies and have been translated into over 43 languages. Her most recent book, home body, debuted #1 on bestseller lists across the world. Rupi’s work touches on love, loss, trauma, healing, femininity, and migration. She feels most at home when creating art or performing her poetry on stage.