A gutsy little boy, no more than nine or ten years old, flitted around in the crowd hawking Chiclets. The lower lobby was alive with music, laughter and babble. Flags of various nations were draped over the mezzanine railings.
Candlelight has a way of subduing inhibitions, untying the tongue and encouraging a free flow of whispered words, much like a beachside bonfire inspires scary ghost stories. And, perhaps most important, candlelight casts a romantic ...
From the author of Wabi-Sabi, on the intersection of beauty and design.
In engaging prose and hundreds of gorgeous color photographs, Sally Page records a year at a small Dorset flower shop.
The Flower Shop: A Companion Book to the Television Series with Host Phil Easter
The Flower Shop unfolds like a Willa Cather Novel: slow, with the sweep of insight and understanding gathered up at the end. Through others, Gwen comes to know herself. This novel is not recommended for girls under fifteen.