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The Flower Sisters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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Prologue Summary

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of child death, death by suicide, racism, graphic violence, sexual violence, and physical abuse.

On August 13, 1928, a young woman with her hair freshly cut into a bob attends a dance at the urging of her twin sister. Her sister also gives her a heart-shaped gold locket with a diamond chip embedded in it. Two other young women, Fern Watson and Ginger Morton, address the young woman as “Violet” and join her for a cigarette break in between the dances. Violet’s date is Paul “Dash” Emmonds, the preacher’s son; he seeks her out even as he privately contemplates how he will eventually break up with her. As Dash and Violet dance together, an explosion tears the dance hall apart. The blast throws Violet into the air. Her arm is impaled by a piece of wood, and she is eventually burnt alive. Dash manages to survive with just an injured ankle. As one of the dance attendees, Jimmy Jeffers, pulls him to safety, numerous others die.

Chapter 1 Summary: “Daisy”

In May 1878, 15-year-old Daisy Flowers is dropped off in Possum Flats, Missouri, to live with her grandmother, Rose Flowers, over the summer.

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