The Sun and Her Flowers - Rupi Kaur

The�Sunday Times�Number One Bestseller Winner of The GoodReads Choice Award for Poetry 2017 From Rupi Kaur, the bestselling author of Milk and Honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. Illustrated by Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers�is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. It is 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 plantin the garden each year�they will teach youthat people toomust wiltfallrootrisein order to bloom Praise for Rupi Kaur: � `Kaur is at the forefront of a poetry renaissance' Observer � `Kaur made her name with poems about love, life and grief. They resonate hugely' Sunday Times � `Poems tackling feminism, love, trauma and healing in short lines as smooth as pop music' New York Times � `Caught the imagination of a large, atypical poetry audience.Kaur knows the good her poetry does: it saves lives' Evening Standard � `Breathing new life into poetry.It has people reading, and listening'�The Pool `Every so often, a book comes along that seems to have a life of its own, that is passed lovingly from one reader to another with recommendations that insist, "You must read this".�Rupi Kaur's�Milk and Honey�is one such book'�Red Magazine� `Rupi Kaur's poetry communicates, distils life. Her success is a simply wonderful thing for poetry. Her work reveals how powerful and accessible poetry can be. It seems to help people too and is a fine example of the healing power of art' Allie Esiri, editor of four bestselling poetry anthologies and apps `Rupi Kaur blazing a trail for new generations to discover verse is a wondrous thing. Her star is shining brightly.�A drop of poetry can flood the imagination. It can also ease the mind. Her work is clearly bringing such pleasures to countless readers - mostly younger readers - and that is a cause for celebration for anyone who cares about poetry'Ben Holden, editor of bestselling anthologies Poems That Make Grown Men Cry & Poems That Make Grown Women Cry �