Daisy - Innocence, Columbine - Desertion, Yellow Rose - Infidelity. I knew from teaching Hamlet many times over the Ophelia had been schooled in the language of flowers, but didn't know how extensive the glossary of meaning could be until our book club chose this novel. Victoria Jones spent her entire young life in the foster-care system and had difficulty loving or trusting anyone. Once eighteen and out on her own, she sleeps in a public park where she cultivates a tiny flower garden and is befriended by a flower shop owner who discovers Victoria has a gift for choosing flowers based on the emotional needs of individual customers. Reminiscent of the novel Chocolat, this is a story of an outcast longing for human connection. Our book club enjoyed this one, even if it is a bit too predictable.
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