The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland
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The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
- By: Holly Ringland
- Narrated by: Louise Crawford
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
Publisher's Summary
Winner of the 2019 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year Award.
The international best seller, now sold to more than 24 territories internationally, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart tells the enchanting and compelling story of a young girl, daughter of an abusive father, who has to learn the hard way that she can break the patterns of the past, live on her own terms, and find her own strength.
"Lush, powerful...an engrossing novel of female survival." (Bookseller + Publisher)
A young girl loses both her parents in a tragic event and is taken to live with her grandmother on a flower farm. Growing up, Alice learns the language of Australian native flowers as a way to say the things that are too hard to speak. But she also learns that there are secrets within secrets about her past. An unexpected betrayal leaves her reeling, and she escapes to try to make her own - sometimes painful - way through the world and to find her story.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is a story about stories: those we inherit, those we select to define us, and those we decide to hide. It is a novel about the secrets we keep and how they haunt us and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
Spanning 20 years and set between sugarcane fields by the sea, a native Australian flower farm, and a celestial crater in the central desert, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart follows the life of Alice as she discovers that the most powerful story she will ever possess is her own.
©2018 HarperCollins Publishers Australia pty Ltd (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers Australia pty Ltd
Zechy
Unbelievably Awesome
I cannot wait for this author’s next book. This one was absolutely brilliant for a first novel. I moved to Perth 2 years ago and didn’t realise the book was based on Australian landscapes and flowers. Too delightful for words as I could appreciate some of the better known types.
My only regret is that I didn’t buy the physical book as I am not sure if I missed out on illustrations of all the flowers ((and this is only if the book had illustrations in it).
Highly recommend this book.
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Lynlee
My fav book of the year
This book is just so magic. I put off reading it because I was worried the flower language would be a bit twee but it added a real depth and felt authentic. This book is uniquely vivid; you are transported to childhood, you come to know characters, you feel experiences, you explore places. It really is a special read and will stay with you long after you read it.
I wasn’t sure about the audiobook performance – it’s very much performed not read and whilst it’s done well, it took a chapter or two for me to settle into.
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