Title: The Secrets of FlowersAuthor: Sally Page
Published by: Blackstone Publishing on Feb. 25, 2025
Genres: Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Source: Blackstone Publishing
Book Rating: 8.5/10
From the author of the phenomenal bestsellers The Keeper of Stories and The Book of Beginnings comes an utterly beautiful and uplifting novel.
One year on from the death of her husband, Emma feels no closer to moving forward with her life. Seeking distraction, she quits her job and begins working at the local garden centre.
Here, Emma begins to open up and finds herself attending boss Les’ talk on the Titanic. Intrigued, Emma sets out to research who would have arranged the flowers on-board.
Alongside her story unfolds the tale of a stewardess on the Titanic, who Emma can’t help but feel connected to…
With an array of inspiring and heart-warming characters, this is a novel of friendship, unexpected connections, and of hope.
Review:
Captivating, rich, and absorbing!
The Secrets of Flowers is predominately set in England during the early 1900s, as well as present day, and is told from two different perspectives. Emma, a grieving widow who endeavours to discover everything she can about the person responsible for arranging the flowers on the Titanic, and Violet, a young woman whose life takes an unexpected twist when she becomes a stewardess on one of the most famous ocean liners ever.
The prose is eloquent and expressive. The characters are troubled, determined, and endearing. And the plot is a moving tale about life, love, loss, emotion, betrayal, family, friendship, heartbreak, guilt, grief, hope, and regret.
Overall, The Secrets of Flowers is a heartwarming, alluring, compelling tale by Page that highlights the beauty and power of flowers and is a wonderful choice for anyone who enjoys a dual timeline story with both a sliver of mystery and a touch of romance.
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Thank you to Blackstone Publishing for gifting me a copy in exchange for an honest review.
About Sally Page
After studying history at university, Sally moved to London to work in advertising. However, in her spare time she studied floristry at night school and eventually opened her own flower shop. She soon came to appreciate that flower shops offer a unique window into people’s stories and eventually she began to photograph and write about this floral life in a series of non-fiction books. Later, she continued her interest in writing when she founded her fountain pen company, Plooms.co.uk.
In her debut novel, The Keeper of Stories, Sally combines her love of history and writing with her abiding interest in the stories people have to tell. Sally now lives in Dorset. Her eldest daughter, Alex, is studying to be a doctor and her youngest daughter is the author, Libby Page.
