Flowers for Papa (a novel)

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*TRIGGER WARNING* 

August Johnson had a quiet, penguin-pajama childhood until one of his fathers dies suddenly, following August's sixth birthday. At the age of twelve, he's sent away from home to live with his Great Aunt Myrtle, embarking on a six-year estrangement. August doesn't talk about his childhood, until, aged eighteen, an unmarked letter in the mail arrives, telling of his surviving father's sudden sickness and his seeking of his son. Finally, the parting of father and son begins to wane as the road unfolds before August and his spirited passenger-when the estranged will be reunited at last, and the truth of his father's death unearthed.

To be published by Vanguard Press, an imprint of Pegasus Elliot MacKenzie Publishers.

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"AUTHOR MARGARET BEAVER SKILLFULLY WEAVES A TALE OF GRIEF, HEALING, AND THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH AS AUGUST NAVIGATES THE CHALLENGES OF GROWING UP AND COMING TO TERMS WITH HIS PAST. .... THE READING EXPERIENCE SHOWCASES THE VARIANCE AND DEPTH OF A BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN NOVEL THAT EXPLORES THEMES OF LOVE, FORGIVENESS, AND THE POWER OF CONNECTION... OVERALL, FLOWERS FOR PAPA IS A TOUCHING AND MOVING READ THAT DELIVERS A POIGNANT EXPLORATION OF COMING INTO ADULTHOOD SURROUNDED BY FAMILY, LOSS, AND THE ENDURING POWER OF LOVE."
-K.C. FINN, READERS' FAVORITE, STARRED REVIEW

"THIS IS A NOVEL WHERE THE DESTINATION IS SECOND TO THE JOURNEY AND BEAVER'S MEASURED, GENTLE PACING ENSURES THAT WE ARE AT ALL TIMES INVESTED IN AUGUST'S COMING OF AGE.... BEAVER BOOKENDS AUGUST'S NARRATIVE WITH THAT OF DAD, HIS LATE FATHER, AND ALVIN, HIS SURVIVING FATHER'S HUSBAND. IT'S A NICE TOUCH THAT ADDS AN ADDITIONAL LAYER TO THE READER'S PERCEPTION OF WHAT TRANSPIRED BOTH BEFORE AND, AS THE STORY CLOSES, AFTER. OVERALL, BEAVER DELIVERS A THOUGHTFUL LITERARY NOVEL THAT IS WORTH THE TIME IT TAKES TO SAVOR IT. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED."
-JAMIE MICHELE, READERS' FAVORITE, STARRED REVIEW

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