THE FLOWER SISTERS
Michelle Collins Anderson
Kensington Books
April 23, 2024
368 pages
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For me, this was an easy book to get into. From the beginning, the writing style reminded me of Fannie Flagg along with the quirky characters.
But, the storyline is far from light and quirky. Possum Flats, Missouri is a fictional town. Fifty years before the story, the dance hall blew up, with survivors and many casualties. Daisy, our young main character, is spending the summer with her grandmother and decides to investigate and write a news article about the explosion.
The story is told from many points of view, by different people of the town. There is much flipping back and forth in the timeline but it flows well. We see the same characters in the present day and in the past. The townspeople range from a pastor to a postmistress to a pharmacist to a mortician and more. An interesting cross-section of the population. And interesting personalities. I learn a lot about them.
Daisy had her own backstory happening. I was interested to see how that would play out. She starts out as a moody teenager but soon becomes very vested in researching and presenting her news article.
I really enjoyed this story. There are a lot of secrets, the basis of many good books. The more I got into it, the more I wanted to know how everything worked out. It’s a slow burn, but an interesting one. I appreciate historical fiction that is built around actual events. This is a book that I loved even more after I finished it.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the Advance Readers Copy.
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