The seasons of my mother: a memoir of love, family, and flowers

Prologue: My mother's flower path

My mother is a brightly ribboned maypole

My mother is a crescent moon

My mother holds me like Mary holds Jesus

My mother flies with Superwoman

My mother is an orange hibiscus in a brown coffee cup - My mother is a miraculous bamboo

My mother is a driftwood ballerina

My mother is a bottle of extra virgin olive oil

My mother is a silver-wrapped piece of Wrigley's Spearmint chewing gum - My mother is a Harry Winston diamond

My mother is a star navigator

My mother is an Easter Bunny in a white confectioner's egg

Epilogue.