Where the Wildflowers Grow
About
If you loved Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, you’ll love Where the Wildflowers Grow.
Sexual confusion and dysfunction cause the unraveling of the perfect American family in small town Georgia in 1960. Rose Cassidy's fantasy life is a haunting reminder that she's living a lie. So when she has the opportunity to act on those fantasies, she dives in without any thought to consequences.
Rose's husband, Ryan, has fantasies of his own, and his actions cause unimaginable pain to the very children he tries so hard to protect. When the happiness each member of the Cassidy family seeks so desperately to find is shattered by shame, guilt, and ultimately murder, they must each face the truth that lies deep within their souls.
Praise for this book
"Cook sets up several unsolved mysteries throughout her story, and though some may
seem unlikely on their own, she does a skillful job of drawing all of the threads together in the
end. Where the Wildflowers Grow will appeal to readers who want a fast-paced page-turner with
new revelations on every page."
The main characters of the story; Ryan, Rose, Lily, Dalton and Pierce were so believable and so real and as a reader I could relate to each one; however, my feelings and emotions towards each one were so very different. I saw strengths and I saw weaknesses; I felt anger and I was sympathetic. And I was disturbed that the ‘low-life’ Wayne was being charged for a crime he did not commit. From all of that, I have to conclude that Vera Jane Cook is indeed a wonderful story teller.