On Sunday, my rainy book reading day, I read a young adult novel, The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. The Victorian language of flowers was used to express emotions, such as: honeysuckle for devotion, azaleas for passion and red roses for love. The heroine, Victoria Jones, used flowers as her only means of communicating her feelings, like grief, mistrust, and solitude. Victoria spent her childhood in the foster care system, and now at 18, is unable to get close to anyone.
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This sounds like a book my daughter would love. We are currently planning a trip up to our Cape Cod vacation rental (if it didn’t get destroyed by the hurricane)for Thanksgiving and my daughter and I are always on the lookout for great books to bring with us. I will have to let her know about this book and see if we can find it at our local book store. Thanks for the recommendation!