The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

This locale choice, plus a plot line of flowers and greenery gives this book a guaranteed recommendation from the likes of us.  However, in a broader marketplace, will this book entertain a nationwide audience?

 

 

Besides an education in plant and flower meanings, this book also delves into the experiences surrounding birthing and early post-natal care.  Is there a connection with all the magnificence of Mother Nature?  Is this theology as well as philosophy?  Is it the nurturing theology of Gaia, Mother Earth?A book with something for everyone: even some gourmet cooking.

 

RR Senior Center

Monthly Book Club

3rd  Tuesdays @ 1:30

•    Jan 16     The Language of Flowers

                                by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

•    Feb 20    A Wild Sheep Chase

                                by Haruki Murakami

•    Mar 20    Mrs. Dalloway

                                by Virginia Woolf

•    Apr 17     The Haunting of Hill House

                                by Shirley Jackson

•    May 15   Detroit is our Beat

                                by Loren D. Estleman

•    Jun 19     Rain Dogs

                                by Adrian McKinty

•    Jul 17       Out of Africa

                                by Isak Dinesen

•    Aug 21    Being Mortal

                                by Atul Gawande

•    Sep 18    The Dharma Bums

                                by Jack Kerouac

•    Oct 16     Crossing to Safety

                                by Wallace Earle Stegner

•    Nov 20   The Remains of the Day

                                by Kazuo Ishiguro

•    Dec 18    The Lathe of Heaven

by Ursula K. Le Guin