The Language of Flowers

Vanessa Diffenbaugh

ISBN 10: 034552554X / ISBN 13: 9780345525543

Published by Ballantine Books, 2011

About this Item

Hardcover copy, with dust jacket; 322 pages; 6.5 x 9.5. Deckle edge. Stated First Edition, with complete number line ending with 1. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. // Bright, tight copy. Dust jacket with rubs at corners, otherwise bright and clean.

Seller Inventory # B-1053

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Language of Flowers
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 034552554X
• ISBN 13: 9780345525543
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • FICTION

About this title

Synopsis

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.

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.