Careful Flowers - Paperback

by Kieran York (Author)

Fleur Hamilton is a botanist with an important project and pending grant. She is also in a relationship that has taken a critical turn. Life isn't turning out to be as simple as she had hoped. Then, she enters her fourth decade and loses her Aunt Golda. Suddenly, Fleur discovers that nothing is as she believed it to be. Ever the scientist, she becomes obsessed with discovering the truth about her aunt, and about her own roots. As she slowly uncovers her parents' Hippie era lives and her Aunt Golda's past as a Holocaust survivor, their stories become her own. Fleur is thrust into a crossroads, forced to make a horrific decision. Her unearthed heritage strengthens her as it directs her, and the past becomes her tutor to the future. Peace and love, hatred and pain, all become her reality. As these opposing worlds converge, Fleur must discover herself. Only then will she be able to deal with her broken relationship, and with her future.

Author Biography

Kieran York has authored both Sapphic fiction and poetry. She wrote the lesbian mystery series featuring Royce Madison. Timber City Masks and Crystal Mountain Veils were written and published in the mid - 1990s. She also wrote a collection of lesbian short fiction entitled Sugar With Spice - published in 1989. In 2012, York's book, Appointment with a Smile, was published and was a 2013 Lambda Literary Society Award Finalist in the romance category. Her next novel, Careful Flowers, was released in 2013. This was followed by two releases in 2014 - Earthen Trinkets and Night Without Time, published by Scarlet Clover Publishers. Forthcoming is Touring Kelly's Poem and Loitering on the Frontier York was also a contributor in Sappho's Corner Poetry Series - Wet Violet, Volume 2; Roses Read, Volume 3; and Delectable Daisies, Volume 4. In 2014, her volume of poetry, Blushing Aspen, was published as the Sappho's Corner Solo Poets book of poetry. Blushing Aspen was given The Rainbow Award Honorable Mention for poetry. Previously, during the seventies and eighties, Kieran worked as a reporter and reviewer for both newspapers and magazines, and was a newspaper publisher for three years. She also wrote and performed songs with a woman's band. She has been guest lecturer and panel member at various events, including Rocky Mountain Book Exhibition, Colorado Musicians Series, Sisters in Crime Mystery Writers, and Mystery Writers of America, Inc. She is a member of Lambda Literary Society, and Golden Crown Literary Society. She has written for Journal of Mystery Readers International. In addition, she has given numerous campus and coffeehouse poetry readings, as well as taught poetry and creative writing workshops. She graduated from a Kansas university and attended Mexico's University of the Americas her junior year. She has done graduate work at the University of Colorado. Kieran lives in the Rocky Mountain foothills of Colorado with her schnauzer, Clover. She enjoys gardening, music, literature, and art. She considers her valuables to include Clover and other family and friends, her library, her antique typewriter collection, her guitar, and her garden. Additional information is available on her websites: www.scarletcloverpublishers.com and she has a blog - Embellish Your Smile at http: //kieranyork.com.