Where the Wildflowers Grow

By: Terah Shelton Harris

Narrated by: Tracie Thoms, Diontae Black, Terah Shelton Harris

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY Goodreads, Essence, Sunset Magazine, SheReads, BookBub, and more!

From acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris comes a poignant story of survival and redemption that questions what it means to stop existing and start living.

Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because she watched them all die.

Grief never truly fades and even as the tragedy haunts her, Leigh carries on, because survival is in her blood. So, when the transport bus taking her to prison careens off the road, killing everyone onboard except her, she does what’s in her nature. She survives.

While searching for a place to hide, Leigh stumbles upon an unexpected sanctuary: a flower farm in rural Alabama tucked away from the world. What Leigh doesn’t expect is the found family there who have built something from the wreckage of their own lives. Especially Jackson, the farm’s owner, who sees through Leigh’s defenses, offers her small moments of tenderness, encourages her to face her own tragedies. Slowly, Leigh finds peace with the hard pace and soft nature of the farm, taking comfort in the life blooming around her. Maybe she’s not beyond redemption, not too broken for something good. And maybe, just maybe, Leigh starts to heal.

But the past isn't so easily buried.

No matter how far she runs, the truth of who she is and the ghosts of the Wildes follow. And when those secrets catch up to her, threatening everything she’s come to love, Leigh will have to truly face what she can survive.

What’s not to love🥰

I couldn’t put it down. I became more and more memorized as Leigh’s story unfolded. The love between her and Jackson evoked all the feelings!!! There were a few times I yelled, “tell him!” at my phone:) I also loved the multitude of wellness and healing practices used throughout the story. Lastly, the epilogue was icing on the cake.

Raw, beautiful, heart wrenching, power of love, joyful.

My review title sums it all up the wide range of emotions this book evoked for me.

Beautiful story….. but

I enjoyed this story and I think the author had a real beautiful way of explain explaining how a person moves through traumatic events and comes out better on the other side. However, I do think that some of the writing and some of the descriptions about how the character was feeling in certain situations was a little bit redundant and kinda dragged on, but it was still a great story.

recommended read

beautifully unfolding story of personal struggle and resilience. the author captures both pain and strength and a determination to prevail.

Heartbreaking

Slow story but intriguing. Very good story though. I enjoyed this book. Would highly recommend!