florists

Seventeen-year-old CJ Katsuyama's family sold their flower shop to a white man for next to nothing while they were interned during World War II. Thirty years later, the family bought the store back from that family, the McAllisters, who had prospered in the interim. Now the shop is in financial trouble and CJ's mother works for McAllister Venture Capital. CJ's mother pushes CJ to make something of her life, but CJ only seems to excel at arranging flowers, and she feels aimless. When secrets about the McAllister patriarch come to light, CJ and a group of student activists find something to rally behind, though it causes friction in the community and between CJ and her mother.

Years ago, seventeen-year-old CJ Katsuyama's family sold their flower shop to a white man for next to nothing while they were interned during WWII. Thirty years later, the family bought the store back from that family, the McAllisters, who have since prospered. Now the shop is in financial trouble and CJ's mother works for McAllister Venture Capital. Ever the type A personality, CJ's mother pushes CJ to make something of her life, but CJ only seems to excel at arranging flowers and feels aimless. Then, when secrets about the McAllister patriarch come to light, CJ and a group of student activists find something to rally behind, though it causes great friction in the community and between CJ and her mother.

Eighteen-year-old Victoria Jones, having been emancipated from the foster care system and planted a flower garden in the park in which she slept, is hired to work for a local florist, and, after meeting a mysterious vendor at the flower market, she is forced to confront her past and decide what she wants for her future.

Delphinium "Del" Bloom is happiest away from the chaos caused by her three sisters at home and at her grandparent's flower shop, but when Del's grandparents decide to move, they give control of the shop to Del's parents and Del scrambles to keep order when a very particular bride patrons the shop for her wedding.

Del is sure her family's flower shop is floundering because of the new florist that opened across town, and when she learns the owner's son is Hamilton, the cute new boy in her class, Del vows to keep the family business afloat and get Hamilton to ask her to the dance.

Amateur ghost expert Eliza, thirteen, joins her botanist mother on a job in a very old flower shop, where each investigates some highly unusual things.

In 1992, a young boy whose father is away at war discovers, from their flower stall, the power of beauty and kindness in the wake of the bombing of Sarajevo.

"So maybe Abby's life isn't the bed of roses she was hoping it would be. She adores her job, but a new low-cost competitor is killing her profits--and a black SUV just rammed her vintage Corvette in a hit-and-run. Determined to track down the drive, she accepts the help of hunky ex-cop Marco Salvare. But their budding relationship is threatened when the trail turns deadly. Now Abby is caught in a tangle of menacing phone calls, police corruption, and murderous road rage. If she's not careful, the next flower arrangement might be for her own funersl..."--back cover.

Emma Grant's love of romance has helped her turn the wedding planning company she started with her three best friends into a success, but that same romantic streak may ruin her one chance at true love when her feelings for Jack, a longtime friend of all four girls, turn towards more than friendship.

"The story of a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own past"--.