Flower Life

Connor Norton returns to his hometown, following the death of his mother, knowing that he will have to confront personal feelings of guilt and regret. It is a place he has barely set foot in for the past 20 years. Caught in the period of his life where the vibrancy of youth has diminished and the prospect of becoming middle-aged is looming, Connor finds that he is suddenly alone in the world and must, somehow, reshape his future and face his own mortality.

Set in 1940s Appalachia, The Secret Sense of Wildflower tells the story of Louisa May "Wildflower" McAllister whose life has been shaped around the recent death of her beloved father in a sawmill accident. While her mother hardens in her grief, Wildflower and her three sisters must cope with their loss themselves, as well as with the demands of daily survival. Despite these hardships, Wildflower has a resilience that is forged with humor, a love of the land, and an endless supply of questions to God.

A year after the kiss that brought them together, Maya and James are embarking on another journey - this time around the world. The trip starts promisingly, with an opulent and romantic Indian wedding. But as their travels continue, Maya fears that 'love at first sight' might not survive trains, planes and tuk tuks, especially when she realises that what she really wants is a baby. Trouble is, James doesn't feel the same.

Spending the night in juvie wasn't the worst thing to happen to seven-year-old Teresa that summer. When her much-anticipated cross-country vacation turns to abduction, Teresa is forced to care for her mother, sister, and twin brothers. Homeless, abused, and afraid in the slums of San Francisco's Tenderloin District, Teresa finds joy in her adventures while fantasizing of a better life. Keeping this dream alive throughout her childhood is what drives her to end the cycle of abuse and poverty.

She must return to the place that twice brought her shame. She’ll have one final chance to save someone else. Tennessee, 1982. Wildflower McAllister thought she’d put the past behind her. But when she learns her mother is dying, she digs deep and returns to the small mountain town that stole her innocence and cast her out. And she has no choice but to pull her thirteen-year-old granddaughter Daisy right back into the ghosts of her painful history.

Lex Haskell, 16, moves to Lake Charmanie, California, with his mother and stepdad, while still trying to come to terms with his parents' divorce. On his first day at Charmanie Hills High School, Lex is stunned to see Taylor Clawson, his grade school girlfriend, whom he has not seen in six years. She is gorgeous. He is disappointed when she appears not to recognize him by name or appearance.

El desplazamiento físico en busca de un mundo mejor; el desapego y ruptura con el núcleo familiar; el sometimiento silencioso de la mujer a las tradiciones sociales y religiosas; el existencialismo de los hijos; el ostracismo y el exilio moral del padre quien es relegado a un segundo plano convirtiéndolo en un extrañó en medio de una soledad acompañada, evocan y sobrevaloran los exilios del ser. Así, Flores para María Sucel pone de manifiesto su riqueza dramática.

In this young-adult coming-of-age novel, Karin Blanch is a 16-year-old sophomore at Elmwood High in Crescent Heights, California. She experiences the trials, tribulations, and peer and familial pressures of first love when she becomes involved with senior basketball star, Reese McKenzie.

Life is tough and full of hard times and heartache, but it’s also beautiful and plush and vibrant. Walk Through a Field of Flowers is a collection of poems gathered over a lifetime starting as a young child. Some are autobiographical, others are written as an observer of life and other people’s struggles or situations. The author has added her own thoughts about each poem and explained the meaning and origin; sometimes funny, sometimes serious, and occasionally with a little humility.

Jessie's friends from the Realm beg her to return and help them with a problem. Magic is thick in the air, and the terrifying griffins that guard the Realm's treasure house are out of control! The tiny, beautiful flower fairies play an important part in Jessie's clever plan to stop the griffins. But then the fairies themselves fall into a new and terrible danger, and only Jessie can save them.

Andrew Clarke has evolved from his humble Midwest beginnings to become one of Hollywood's most highly sought-after actors. After Andrew demands a long-overdue break, his assistant puts his rigorous schedule on hold and arranges the perfect month-long secluded retreat. When her grandmother was unexpectedly injured, Ellie Snow left college life behind and took over the management of their family farm nestled within the woods of Michigan. Surrounded by the simple comforts of life, Andrew savors every moment on the farm, but especially those of his blossoming friendship with Ellie.

Santa Fe artist Terre Reed grapples with the unique newness and disorientation of widowhood. In her struggle to rediscover and redefine herself, her art blossoms. Even as she grieves the loss of her husband and their life together, Terre reveals an often humorous story that provides hope and inspiration. Reed's reflections on the end of life and her determination to rebuild herself truly illustrate that the best way to honor the deceased is to use the energy of grief to rise, renewed.

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A remarkable girl finds the magic of listening to destiny, seeing and knowing many invisible secrets, things that only cats and sea monsters would understand, finding hidden pathways across dark realities. The shy little girl, so chock full of secrets.

When Juanita Sanchez and the Desert Flowers—Willow Sanchez Kincaid, Rose Bowers, and Lily Walden—open Juanita’s Kitchen, the food kitchen Alec Thurston and they formed as a charitable organization, a young woman named Ivy Barrett and her seven-year-old son, Benjy, come into their lives. Ivy is appointed head of the kitchen staff, and they all work together to open the kitchen before the holidays.

Motherless Olivia and Nellie go to live with their elderly Great-Aunt Minty, who knows little about children, but a lot about her overgrown garden. Then one day, Olivia finds an old teacup in a flowerbed - and, later, an old story about eight children transformed into flowers. Only the person who finds their teacups can bring them back. Now the two sisters know what they must do.

She washes clothes. She changes sheets. And hangs quilts out to air. She sorts, she folds. She puts away. A flower in her hair.

Grace finds herself in trouble when she does not follow the rules her mother gave her. As she tries to fix her problems on her own, things get even worse! With the help of kind animals she meets along the way, Grace's obedience will once again be tested. Will she be able to get out of trouble? Will she learn to obey?

Do you want to teach your child how to manage fear, anxiety, worry, and stressful situations? Then this audiobook is the perfect solution for you! Bella and Freya are about to have a fun weekend! But something could get in the way of their fun. A scary monster makes Bella cry. A broken castle worries Freya that the princess will be unprotected. And a big leap from a tree makes their friend Mark anxious. All these feelings could ruin their weekend. But the Flowers and Candles trick helps them calm themselves.

This book is about sharing flowers and planting flowers and flowers in the wind!