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Now, I'm not the most avid reader in my spare time. Typically I'd rather be sketching, working on a large scale art piece or practicing a dye technique. So when I say a book has captured my attention from start to finish you can undoubtedly be assured it was hard to put down. The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur. This New York Times Best Seller came to me at the perfect time when everything seemed to be changing and I was learning how to adapt to my latest surroundings. The Sun and Her Flowers is a collection of prose whose insights speak to all persons who are going through life toughest changes.

"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

that people too

must wilt

fall

root

rise

in order to bloom"

-rupi kaur