This book was first published 10 years ago, and I missed it. When the audiobook came up for sale recently on Chirp, I grabbed it. As the subtitle says, it’s a novel of London’s flower sellers. Two poor orphan sisters who sell flowers on the streets are separated due to the dangers 19th century children faced being homeless.. They grow up in very different circumstances. It’s a story that is both heart breaking and heart warming.
Tilly, who also grew up enduring family tragedy, goes to work as a type of house mother for girls who work making fabric flowers. She finds letters in her room written by one of the orphan sisters who had lived there and never gave up hope of finding her sister. The way these stories come together was not what I expected but satisfying all the same. Hazel Gaynor is a wonderful storyteller. I have loved all the books written by her that I’ve read. I think you’ll like this one too if you haven’t read it yet.
Reviewed by Cindy Thomson, www.cindyswriting.com
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