The Language of Flowers (novel) language of flowers—a long-forgotten and mysterious way of communication—with her firsthand knowledge of the travails of the foster-care system." For Weeks, the "novel is both enchanting and cruel, full of beauty and anger." "The New York Times" compared the novel to something "Dickens might have come up with, had Dickens been deeply interested in flower arranging." SFGate called the novel "an unexpectedly beautiful book about an ugly subject: children who grow up without families, and what becomes of them in the absence of unconditional love." Waltrous compares the novel to "Jane Eyre", identifying the novel as part of the "story
Bronte, Texas Bronte, Texas Bronte ( ) is a town in Coke County, Texas, United States. The population was 999 at the 2010 census. Texas State Senator Grady Hazlewood, who served from the Amarillo-based District 31 from 1941-1971, was born in 1902 in Coke County near Bronte. Bronte is located at (31.887046, -100.294947). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Although named for English novelist Charlotte Brontë the town name is pronounced as one syllable: "brahnt". As of the census of 2000, 1,076 people, 426 households, and 293 families resided