Angell’s Reviews > Fresh Water for Flowers > Status Update

My fears and worries as a mother all heart wrenchingly conveyed and realised.

This is the first book that’s had me ugly crying in years. I’m not retracting my proclaimed love for the book I felt at the beginning; I love the language, the characterisation, how Violette is almost a sum of the stories she supports and her life seems to be made of the endings of those she is surrounded by. I knew from the outset that there would be a tragedy with her parenting journey, but all her fears echoe