内容简介
Thisistheinternationalbestseller:nowinpaperback.TheVictorianlanguageofflowerswasusedtoexpressemotions:honeysucklefordevotion,azaleasforpassion,andredrosesforlove.ButforVictoriaJones,ithasbeenmoreusefulincommunicatingfeelingslikegrief,mistrustandsolitude.Afterachildhoodspentinthefostercaresystem,sheisunabletogetclosetoanybody,andheronlyconnectiontotheworldisthroughflowersandtheirmeanings.Noweighteen,Victoriahasnowheretogo,andsleepsinapublicpark,wheresheplantsasmallgardenofherown.Whenhertalentisdiscoveredbyalocalflorist,shediscovershergiftforhelpingothersthroughtheflowersshechoosesforthem.Butittakesmeetingamysteriousvendorattheflowermarketforhertorealisewhat'sbeenmissinginherownlife,andasshestartstofallforhim,she'sforcedtoconfrontapainfulsecretfromherpast,anddecidewhetherit'sworthriskingeverythingforasecondchanceathappiness."TheLanguageofFlowers"isaheartbreakingandredemptivenovelaboutthemeaningofflowers,themeaningoffamily,andthemeaningoflove.
作者简介
VanessaDiffenbaughwasborninSanFranciscoandraisedinChico,California.AfterstudyingcreativewritingandeducationatStanford,shewentontoteachartandwritingtoyouthinlow-incomecommunities.SheandherhusbandPKhavethreechildren:Tre'von,18,Chela,4,andMiles,3.Tre'von,aformerfosterchild,isattendingNewYorkUniversityonaGatesMilleniumScholarship.VanessaandherfamilycurrentlyliveinCambridge,Massachusetts,whereherhusbandisstudyingurbanschoolreformatHarvard.