Must Love Flowers: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Two women at different stages of life find themselves on a journey of renewal after undergoing hardships in this uplifting novel from 1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber Wise warm witty and charmingly full of hope this story celebrates the surprising and unexpected ways that family friendship and love can lift us up Kristin Hannah 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Four Winds Joan Sample is not living the life she expected Now a widow and an empty nester she has become by her own admission something of a recluse But after another birthday spent alone she is finally inclined to listen to her sister who has been begging Joan to reengage with the world With Emmies support Joan gathers the courage to take some long awaited steps hiring someone to tame her overgrown garden joining a grief support group and even renting out a room to a local college student Before long Joans starting to feel a little like herself again Across town Maggie Herbert works mornings as a barista tending to impatient customers before rushing to afternoon nursing classes She lives with her alcoholic father ducking his temperamental outbursts and struggling to pay the household bills But her circumstances brighten when she finds a room for rent in Joans home In the unexpected warmth of her new situation Maggie finds a glimmer of hope for a better life