"The Language of Flowers," the debut novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, is an unexpectedly beautiful book about an ugly subject: children who grow up without families, and what becomes of them in the ...

There are five places for flowers in my apartment: the vase on my coffee table, the bottle in my kitchen, a spot on my dresser and another spot on my roommate’s windowsill. The language of flowers — ...

Victoria Jones is often sullen silent, and hostile, but she speaks the language of flowers. She knows that red roses signify love. The primrose means childhood, which she never really had growing up ...

Flowers most certainly speak to us. Even those who don’t make a living from flowers will hear and answer their call. At weddings, at funerals, and at so many less momentous occasions that come between ...

In “The Language of Flowers,” debut novelist Vanessa Diffenbaughtells the story of Victoria Jones, an unwanted child reared by theabusive parent known as foster care and emancipated from the ...