The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

I picked this little gem up from my local library and I loved it. It's beautiful, sad, hopeful, and interesting.

The Language of Flowers tells the story of main character, Victoria Jones. Victoria is a young women who is emancipating out the state of California's foster system. Having been in it since infancy, Victoria has become a cold distant person who refuses to allow attachment to anyone or thing. The only thing Victoria loves in this world are flowers and the old Victorian language flowers were once used for. Once emancipated, being homeless and unemployed, Victoria looks for work and finds it with a local florist who sees Victoria's natural talent with arrangement making. Soon Victoria is carving out her own niche with her unique arrangements based on the antiquated language of flowers. But Victoria finds herself facing ghosts from her past and fighting attachments she thought she never wanted.

This is a story of redemption and learning to forgive one's self. It is a story of new beginnings and relationships that heal old wounds. It's a revelation that sometimes the biggest skeleton in one's closet is the one you've refused to let out, the one only you care about.