The The Sun and Her Flowers
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The#160; Sunday Times #160;Number One Bestseller Winner of The GoodReads Choice Award for Poetry 2017 From Rupi Kaur, the bestselling author of M ilk and Honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. Illustrated by Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers #160;is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. It is a celebration of love in all its forms. #160; this is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms as i wept#160; think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year#160; they will teach you that people too must wilt fall root rise in order to bloom Praise for Rupi Kaur: #160; lsquo;Kaur is at the forefront of a poetry renaissancersquo; Observer #160; lsquo;Kaur made her name with poems about love, life and grief. They resonate hugelyrsquo; Sunday Times #160; lsquo;Poems tackling feminism, love, trauma and healing in short lines as smooth as pop musicrsquo; New York Times #160; lsquo;Caught the imagination of a large, atypical poetry audiencehellip;Kaur knows the good her poetry does: it saves livesrsquo; Evening Standard #160; lsquo;Breathing new life into poetryhellip;It has people reading, and listeningrsquo;#160; The Pool lsquo;Every so often, a book comes along that seems to have a life of its own, that is passed lovingly from one reader to another with recommendations that insist, quot;You must read thisquot;.#160;Rupi Kaur#39;s#160; Milk and Honey #160;is one such bookrsquo;#160; Red Magazine #160; lsquo;Rupi Kaur#39;s poetry communicates, distils life. Her success is a simply wonderful thing for poetry. Her work reveals how powerful and accessible poetry can be. It seems to help people too and is a fine example of the healing power of artrsquo; Allie Esiri, editor of four bestselling poetry anthologies and apps lsquo;Rupi Kaur blazing a trail for new generations to discover verse is a wondrous thing. Her star is shining brightly.#160;A drop of poetry can flood the imagination. It can also ease the mind. Her work is clearly bringing such pleasures to countless readers ndash; mostly younger readers ndash; and that is a cause for celebration for anyone who cares about poetryrsquo; Ben Holden, editor of bestselling anthologies Poems That Make Grown Men Cry amp; Poems That Make Grown Women Cry #160;
