The Language of Flowers

Vanessa Diffenbaugh

A young woman named Victoria ages out of the foster care system at eighteen with no family, no home, and a long history of failed placements behind her. Unable to connect with people, she finds she has a gift for choosing flowers whose Victorian-era meanings say what she cannot speak aloud, and this talent draws her into work at a flower shop and into an unexpected relationship with a man from her past. The novel moves between Victoria's turbulent childhood with one particular foster mother and her present-day struggle to build a life and face a secret that has shaped everything since.