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    The Dictionary of Flowers
    The Dictionary of Flowers
    The Dictionary of Flowers
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    The Dictionary of Flowers

    By Hariny Ahana

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    Starting off with a very light and colourful piece, reading this book is more like getting to know a person. The exchange of pleasantries in the beginning, the pretty conversations you end up having over coffee, the sudden insights you gain from being with them during moments that get too real. Slowly, very slowly, the rough puzzle pieces fit together as they tell you the things that aren't apparent about them. Things they could never admit to themselves but somehow find it natural to share with you. After all of this, after you get to know the person as a whole with their beauty, cracks, longings, secrets and darkness, they are still around you. Hopeful. Vulnerable. With every guard down. Waiting for you to make the choice on how you feel about them. And that is what the Dictionary of Flowers will do to you. Stay with you until you get to know it completely. And wait. And wait for you to make your final choice.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThink Tank Books
    Release dateNov 4, 2022
    ISBN9789391607128
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