This is the story of a young woman who, because she was taken away from her mother at a very young age, is not able to form relationships. She's gone through many foster homes and is usually removed from most of them because of her behaviour, until she comes to live with Elizabeth. Early on, the reader knows that she has not continued to live with Elizabeth because on her 18th birthday when the book begins, she becomes homeless. However, she has developed a close relationship and understanding of flowers, and it is this that ultimately - but not without lots of hurdles along the way - saves her.
This was a quick read and entertaining enough. The best parts are the flowers, and their meanings, and at the end of the novel there's a dictionary of flowers with their meanings. For example, red carnations mean "my heart breaks", daisies mean "cheerfulness". Holly means "foresight".
Roses: orange is "fascination", pink is "grace", red is "love", white is "a heart unacquainted with love" and yellow is "infidelity" Hmmm - I love yellow roses! Who am I being unfaithful to, I wonder?
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