Win a FREE advance reading copy of THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS by Vanessa Diffenbaugh!
The Language of Flowers, Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, beautifully weaves past and present, creating a vivid portrait of an unforgettable young woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own troubled past.
The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, aster for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating grief, 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, Victoria has nowhere to go and sleeps in a public park, where she plants a small garden of her own. Soon a local florist discovers her talents, and Victoria realizes that she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But a mysterious vendor at the flower market inspires her to question 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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I think this is going to be a really interesting story about a girl’s life especially from the standpoint of gardens and flowers.
Just finished my copy of The Language of Flowers and I loved it! Beautifully written, accessible characters, and wonderful story. Will make me interpret flowers in a whole new way. Thank you for the advance reader’s edition I won. I will highly recommend this book when it is published.
Sounds intriguing.I am looking forward to reading this.
I am desperate to read this book! Vanessa was my student at Chico High School, and I have followed her life and career ever since! Chris
Thank you Libby McGuire, Publisher for the advance readers edition of Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s, THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. The romanticism of flowers coupled with the reality of the foster care system in America provides the reader with complex storytelling about love and reconciliation. Highest recommendation!
I am working very hard to have Vanessa’s book become “The Book in Common” for the city of Chico, CSU, Chico and Butte College. Each year a book is chosen, and it would be so wonderful if the book chosen were by a beloved Chico author.
sounds like a book I’d like to read
I read an ARC of The Language of Flowers and really believe that this is going to be knock out book. As a librarian I read tons of books and lots of ARCs, and this one is special. I want to choose it as a book club choice (I run 3) before it becomes the book to read.
Sounds so very interesting! I would love to read the ARC and review
Thank you so much for the entry!
Not quite sure if this contest is still going on, but I’d love to read the ARC of The Language of Flowers, it’s gotten such good buzz and sounds great. I’m a public librarian, I review over at GoodReads http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1964916-annmarie and LibraryThing http://www.librarything.com/home/amanderson.
Simply wonderful, from Tuscany Italy Patty
I have had my eye on “The Language of Flowers” by Vanessa Diffenbaugh since I first read the synopsis on Goodreads. Since then, I’ve been trying my hand at acquiring an ARC of this novel to read and review on my blog, since I am absolutely positive that I will LOVE this book. So, I am really excited about this opportunity, and am hoping that it is still valid.
The Language of Flowers is on my reading queue to be accomplished this summer
Don’t know if this contest is still going, but I would love an advance reading copy. Based on the reviews, I think that this will be a book to be watched!
Sounds contemporary and intriguing. Would love to read.