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This Time Will Be Different

Misa Sugiura

CJ feels unlike her highly ambitious mother and is content helping her aunt Hannah at the family flower shop. Although Hannah believes flowers carry romantic meanings, CJ does not share that view. Still, while putting together bouquets, CJ discovers an ability she had not recognized in herself. The story centers on her place within her family business, her relationship with her mother and aunt, and the unexpected skill she finds through arranging flowers.

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Themes
Art And Creativity · Family · Identity · Plants And Gardening
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
June 4, 2019
ISBN-13
9780062473455
Language
English
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