The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Title | The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart PDF eBook |
Author | Holly Ringland |
Publisher | House of Anansi |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 2018-08-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1487005237 |
An enchanting and captivating novel about how our untold stories haunt us — and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive. After her family suffers a tragedy, nine-year-old Alice Hart is forced to leave her idyllic seaside home. She is taken in by her grandmother, June, a flower farmer who raises Alice on the language of Australian native flowers, a way to say the things that are too hard to speak. Under the watchful eye of June and the women who run the farm, Alice settles, but grows up increasingly frustrated by how little she knows of her family’s story. In her early twenties, Alice’s life is thrown into upheaval again when she suffers devastating betrayal and loss. Desperate to outrun grief, Alice flees to the dramatically beautiful central Australian desert. In this otherworldly landscape Alice thinks she has found solace, until she meets a charismatic and ultimately dangerous man. Spanning two decades, set between sugar cane fields by the sea, a native Australian flower farm, and a celestial crater in the central desert, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart follows Alice’s unforgettable journey, as she learns that the most powerful story she will ever possess is her own.
The Last Flowers of Manet
Title | The Last Flowers of Manet PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Gordon |
Publisher | Harry N. Abrams |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1999-04-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780810981645 |
In the winter of 1880 Edouard Manet, then 49, was dying. In the last months of his life he funnelled his waning energy into a series of remarkable still lifes - 16 small paintings of flowers - which are brought together in this book. An essay by Andrew Forge pays tribute to the artist's struggle and his legacy, and Robert Gordon's selections from Manet's letters add poignancy to this last glow of a brilliant artistic flame.
The Last Flowers
Title | The Last Flowers PDF eBook |
Author | Frances C. Arkwright |
Publisher | |
Pages | 8 |
Release | 1828 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Lost Flowers
Title | Lost Flowers PDF eBook |
Author | Perry D. Sullivan |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013-05-03 |
Genre | Distilling, Illicit |
ISBN | 9781482346671 |
The story of Percy Flowers, a man who was both hard-edged and compassionate, a man who could love his son tenderly and make someone disappear in the middle of the night.
All the Flowers in Paris
Title | All the Flowers in Paris PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Jio |
Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2020-08-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1101885076 |
“Sarah Jio weaves past and present in this eminently readable novel about love, gratitude, and forgiveness. I tore through the pages!”—New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline Two women are connected across time by the city of Paris, a mysterious stack of love letters, and shocking secrets sweeping from World War II to the present—for readers of Sarah’s Key and The Nightingale. When Caroline wakes up in a Paris hospital with no memory of her past, she’s confused to learn that for years she’s lived a sad, reclusive life in a sprawling apartment on the rue Cler. Slowly regaining vague memories of a man and a young child, she vows to piece her life back together—though she can’t help but feel she may be in danger. A budding friendship with the chef of a charming nearby restaurant takes her mind off her foggy past, as does a startling mystery from decades prior. In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young widow named Céline is trying to build a new life for her daughter while working in her father’s flower shop and hoping to find love again. Then a ruthless German officer discovers her Jewish ancestry and Céline is forced to play a dangerous game to secure the safety of her loved ones. When her worst fears come true, she must fight back in order to save the person she loves most: her daughter. When Caroline discovers Céline’s letters tucked away in a closet, she realizes that her apartment harbors dark secrets—and that she may have more in common with Céline than she could have ever imagined. All the Flowers in Paris is an emotionally captivating novel rooted in the resiliency and strength of the human spirit, the steadfastness of a mother’s love, and the many complex layers of the heart—especially its capacity to forgive. “Heart-stopping . . . Fans of emotional, romantic stories set during World War II will enjoy this heartbreaking tale of love and loss.”—Booklist
Sidewalk Flowers
Title | Sidewalk Flowers PDF eBook |
Author | JonArno Lawson |
Publisher | Groundwood Books Ltd |
Pages | 31 |
Release | 2015-03-27 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1554988551 |
Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustrated Book A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. “Written” by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson and brought to life by illustrator Sydney Smith, Sidewalk Flowers is an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
The Last Flower
Title | The Last Flower PDF eBook |
Author | James Thurber |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Parables |
ISBN | 9781888683455 |