The Language of Flowers and Maple Doughnuts

The Language of Flowers is a book with a heroine that loves to eat, so there were many many options presented for bookcooker.  Perhaps if it was another season I would have selected another type of food that Victoria voraciously ate (roast chicken, homemade ice cream, peanut butter muffin), but since I read the book as autumn sets in, I knew immediately as I read the words that I had to make maple doughnuts Who can resist maple donuts?  While these donuts are fluffy and sweet, The Language of Flowers is a book about serious issues - foster care, homelessness, trust issues.  While these serious issues are the focus of the book, I must admit, in some ways the book reads a bit fluffy - there is a lightness to it that makes it feel a bit like one of those 80's after school specials - tough stuff turned into soap opera.   Despite that criticism, I really enjoyed the book but maybe felt a little guilty reading it.  Just like how I felt after eating one of those doughnuts.

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