The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. The main character, Victoria Jones, was abandoned as a baby, then raised in many foster homes.  She has nothing going in her favor and causes lots of problems.  Finally a foster home seems to be working out, but a fire, misunderstandings, and her own behavior ends that.  Then she shifts from group home to group home to be put out in the streets with nothing when she turns 18 years old.  She is a street person, finally finds a job, sort of.  Gets a place to stay, off the streets, sort of.  Has a relationship, sort of.  Has a child, sort of.  The only thing in her life that isn’t sort of is her knowledge of flowers and their symbolic meanings.  Through that rarely known language of flowers she and others communicate when they can’t come right out and tell people what they think and feel.  8 out of 10.  Recommended. You will learn something. Then go hug your own children.