Let’s chat books and this month’s Cook the Books Club pick! Debra over at Eliot’s Eats chose this month’s
book, The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh.
The story follows Victoria, a girl who has just aged out of
the foster care system. As she begins to
navigate life on her own, she often expresses herself in the language of
flowers; a means of covertly expressing flirtations through flowers (each
flower having a specific meaning). However, because of her past experiences,
Victoria does not use the language of flowers in flirtation, but to express her
distrust and hatred instead.
I was riveted by the story and fascinated by the language of
flowers. Just before the end, the book
was particularly upsetting, but (I’m being purposefully vague to avoid
spoilers), it is because the situation is deeply personal to me and upsets me
easily. Despite this, I very much
enjoyed the story and can recommend it to others.
