January 2013 Book Club "The Language of Flowers" by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Hi Book Club, January’s meeting was several weeks ago, but we had such great attendance I am lax in getting out the email. Cheryl, Ginnie, Lori, Jody, Barb D., Barb K., Christine, Mary Beth, and myself, gathered at my house to discuss the book The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, or should I say to feast on the main character Victoria’s five favorite foods. We had donuts, grapes, squash soup, roast chicken, and cheese cake, among other delicacies. Thanks everyone for your contributions, we ate well! The Language of Flowers was unanimously enjoyed by all. The plot, smartly crafted by Diffenbaugh, may have been much like a seesaw for some, jumping from Victoria’s early years as a foster child then to the present. We would not have understood Victoria’s eccentricities as acutely, however, without the measured grinds of flashbacks Diffenbaugh filtered into the story. The plot of Victoria’s doomed adoption by Elizabeth connecting to the plot of Victori...