The 9-year-old Victoria already shows signs of extreme aloofness. Diffenbaugh has herself been a foster mother.) Diffenbaugh’s “Language of Flowers” tells the story of Victoria Jones, who was abandoned at birth by her mother and has lived in at least 32 foster homes by the time she turns 18. At first blush it sounds like something Dickens might have come up with, had Dickens been deeply interested in flower arranging. Diffenbaugh has also constructed a novel. In this case the festive possibilities are mind boggling.
Ballantine is surely well aware that there are book clubs that have theme parties based on a literary work’s ambience. Diffenbaugh’s dictionary as an appendix to her own book and published a companion volume, “A Victorian Flower Dictionary” by Mandy Kirby, as an extended, slightly modified version of the same list.
Diffenbaugh’s publisher, has both included Ms. And she has compiled her own flower dictionary, modeled on one from 1885.īallantine Books, Ms. She has set up an advocacy group to support young people making the transition from foster care to independence. Vanessa Diffenbaugh has used adoption, foster homes, emancipation, homelessness, single motherhood and attachment disorder as talking points for “The Language of Flowers,” her virtually self-marketing debut book.
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