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Tuscany has fields overflowing with beautiful sunflowers in the summertime. But, for Signora Ferraro, the yellow flowers carry bitter memories. As a child she loved them, as an adult the sunflower fields remind her of a painful time during World War II in Italy.
Signora's daughter, Annabella, doesn't know of the painful past her mother has endured, and doesn't understand why her mother despised the sunflower fields that she loved so when she was a child and as grew into an adult.
Signora has poured her hours growing hundreds of beautiful rose gardens that she adores. She shelters her daughter from the outside world, encourages her to always be tending the roses in the rose farm. ONly as she becomes an adult does she beginning n realizing that her mother has sheltered and kept her from experiencing the outside world.
As Anabella matures, she meets Dante, an artist who is fascinated with painting her in the sunflower gardens. Eventually she marries Dante, but only after experiencing a fall-out with her mother. An estrangement between mother and daughter nearly destroys their relationship.
At a later time Anabella learns of the shocking experiences her mother had during World War II.
The Sunflower Girl is a moving story, alternating between viewpoints of mother and daughter. Choices made by one generation is revealed in the next generation. An excellent read.
Signora's daughter, Annabella, doesn't know of the painful past her mother has endured, and doesn't understand why her mother despised the sunflower fields that she loved so when she was a child and as grew into an adult.
Signora has poured her hours growing hundreds of beautiful rose gardens that she adores. She shelters her daughter from the outside world, encourages her to always be tending the roses in the rose farm. ONly as she becomes an adult does she beginning n realizing that her mother has sheltered and kept her from experiencing the outside world.
As Anabella matures, she meets Dante, an artist who is fascinated with painting her in the sunflower gardens. Eventually she marries Dante, but only after experiencing a fall-out with her mother. An estrangement between mother and daughter nearly destroys their relationship.
At a later time Anabella learns of the shocking experiences her mother had during World War II.
The Sunflower Girl is a moving story, alternating between viewpoints of mother and daughter. Choices made by one generation is revealed in the next generation. An excellent read.
