the sun and her flowers

by Rupi Kaur

First published 2017 · 256 pages

About this book

From rupi kaur, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of milk and honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. A vibrant and transcendent journey about growth and healing. Ancestry and honoring one’s roots. Expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself.

Divided into five chapters and illustrated by kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. A celebration of love in all its forms.

this is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms as i wept think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year they will teach you that people too must wilt fall root rise in order to bloom

  • Self-actualization (Psychology)
  • Poetry
  • American poetry
  • New York Times bestseller
  • New York Times reviewed
  • Poetry (poetic works by one author)
  • American poetry -- 21st century
  • Women

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