{"id":3992,"date":"2015-10-28T17:56:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T17:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3992"},"modified":"2015-10-28T17:56:49","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T17:56:49","slug":"the-language-of-flowers-by-vanessa-diffenbaugh-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3992","title":{"rendered":"The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4005\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4005\" style=\"width: 134px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.uhls.org\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1459723\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4005\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Language-of-Flowers-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Language of Flowers\" width=\"134\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Language-of-Flowers-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Language-of-Flowers.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2191 Reserve a copy \u2191<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always believed that giving flowers meant something.\u00a0 However, until I read this book, which explains the meaning of flowers that\u00a0originated in the Victorian era, I had no idea how they could be used to communicate feelings.\u00a0 Do flowers speak to us in this way ? \u00a0I really don&#8217;t know, but it&#8217;s nice to think so, and the author has wrapped this language into a wonderful story.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Language of Flowers<\/em> tells the story of Victoria, a girl who has never known the security of a real family or home, having been\u00a0tossed around between foster homes as a child. \u00a0Switching between Victoria as a child and\u00a0then as\u00a0a young adult, the novel tells\u00a0the story of her haunted past and how she came to love\u00a0and understand this language of\u00a0flowers, which eventually finds her love and happiness. \u00a0An easy read that was touching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always believed that giving flowers meant something.\u00a0 However, until I read this book, which explains the meaning of flowers that\u00a0originated in the Victorian era, I had no idea how they could be used to communicate feelings.\u00a0 Do flowers speak to us in this way ? \u00a0I really don&#8217;t know, but it&#8217;s nice to think &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3992\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-joann"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}