Hothouse Flower: and the Nine Plants of Desire
by:
Margot Berwin (author)
Lila Nova is a thirty-two year-old advertising copyrighter who lives alone in a plain, white box of an apartment. Recovering from a heartbreaking divorce, Lila’s mantra is simple: no pets, no plants, no people, no problems. But when Lila meets David Exley, a ruggedly handsome plant-seller, her...
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Lila Nova is a thirty-two year-old advertising copyrighter who lives alone in a plain, white box of an apartment. Recovering from a heartbreaking divorce, Lila’s mantra is simple: no pets, no plants, no people, no problems. But when Lila meets David Exley, a ruggedly handsome plant-seller, her lonely life blossoms into something far more colorful. From the cold, harsh streets of Manhattan to the verdant jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula, Hothouse Flower is the story of a woman who must travel beyond the boundaries of sense and comfort to find what she truly wants.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780307390547 (0307390543)
Publish date: June 1st 2010
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Book Club,
Romance,
Adult,
Environment,
Nature,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Spirituality,
Magical Realism,
New Age,
Gardening
This fell between a 3 and a 4 star really. The story was interesting and sucked me right in, but the characters were weak, annoying and just overall unlikeable.
Liked the plants bits, the story was a bit too far-fetched for me as it went on, but a quick read, light entertainment.
If you like weird, you won't be able to put this book down. After reading it, I thought this reminds me a lot of the first time I read a Christopher Moore book. It was completely different from anything I have read lately. I don't know whether to classify this as a romance, chick lit, or what. It ju...
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