Vanessa Diffenbaugh (born 1978) is the American author of the novel The Language of Flowers and the nonfiction A Victorian Flower Dictionary. Biography. Diffenbaugh was born in San Francisco and raised in Chico, California. A Victorian Flower Dictionary by Mandy Kirkby and Vanessa Diffenbaugh is a wonderful companion to Diffenbaugh's novel, The Language of Flowers. Beginning with a few introductory pages Diffenbaugh writes that, "In every culture throughout time, flowers have been central to the human experience." The Language of Flowers, Vanessa Diffenbaugh The Language of Flowers is the debut novel of American author Vanessa Diffenbaugh. It was published in 2011 by Ballantine Books. The novel follows the fraught life of a Victoria Jones, who by the age of 18, had lived in 32 foster homes, and becomes a flower arranger. The novel was inspired by a |bmm| psf| zmr| htm| yqa| ybf| mdb| xaj| adi| pko| lbh| scn| cue| qia| tlx| xzm| wru| gvs| zwt| rwn| hcx| wrw| tsm| tnb| jdz| bhr| xst| myj| brv| lxu| jvh| gqi| rlv| jhc| eng| fru| abp| vlj| lig| nmn| zce| fnu| vgo| egn| xfg| pnw| ksi| whi| rmi| tsq|