Vanessa Diffenbaugh wrote The Language of Flowers which is a novel that explores the foster care system in San Francisco, California. Victoria was abandoned as a baby. Her placements are never successful and she lives in 32 different places before she is emancipated at age 18. Naturally she has an attachment disorder and unable to trust anyone. Victoria does not succeed in school but she has a talent for flowers. She is a natural at flower arranging and is keenly interested in the meaning of flower gifts. Red roses represent love. Yellow roses indicate infidelity. Peony indicate anger and lupine mean imagination. Victoria gets a job at a flower shop. Customers ask her to prepare flowers and she selects the flowers to solve their problems. The childhood of Victoria is heart breaking but she is a captivating character.
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