Name: The sun and her Flowers
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Author: Rupi Kaur
ISBN: 9781471165825

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Physical Book

Author

Rupi Kaur

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Uk

Synopsis "The sun and her Flowers "

The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller Winner of The GoodReads Choice Award for Poetry 2017 From Rupi Kaur, the bestselling author of Milk and Honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. Illustrated by Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. It is a celebration of love in all its forms. this is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms as i wept think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year they will teach you that people too must wilt fall root rise in order to bloom Praise for Rupi Kaur: `Kaur is at the forefront of a poetry renaissance' Observer `Kaur made her name with poems about love, life and grief. They resonate hugely' Sunday Times `Poems tackling feminism, love, trauma and healing in short lines as smooth as pop music' New York Times `Caught the imagination of a large, atypical poetry audience...Kaur knows the good her poetry does: it saves lives' Evening Standard `Breathing new life into poetry...It has people reading, and listening' The Pool `Every so often, a book comes along that seems to have a life of its own, that is passed lovingly from one reader to another with recommendations that insist, "You must read this". Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey is one such book' Red Magazine `Rupi Kaur's poetry communicates, distils life. Her success is a simply wonderful thing for poetry. Her work reveals how powerful and accessible poetry can be. It seems to help people too and is a fine example of the healing power of art' Allie Esiri, editor of four bestselling poetry anthologies and apps `Rupi Kaur blazing a trail for new generations to discover verse is a wondrous thing. Her star is shining brightly. A drop of poetry can flood the imagination. It can also ease the mind. Her work is clearly bringing such pleasures to countless readers - mostly younger readers - and that is a cause for celebration for anyone who cares about poetry'Ben Holden, editor of bestselling anthologies Poems That Make Grown Men Cry & Poems That Make Grown Women Cry

Rupi Kaur

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Rupi Kaur (Punjab, India, October 4, 1992) is one of the most read poets and artists in contemporary poetry. She moved to Canada at the age of four and grew up in Brampton, Ontario, in an environment marked by migration and the search for identity. After studying rhetoric and professional writing at the University of Waterloo, she began sharing her illustrated poems on social media, where her minimalist and personal style revolutionized the genre and attracted millions of followers worldwide.

She published milk and honey (2014), which exceeded 12 million copies sold and was translated into more than 40 languages, followed by the sun and her flowers (2017), home body (2020) and healing through words (2022), all international successes. Kaur has been recognized as the “writer of the decade” by The New Republic, appears on the Forbes 30 under 30 list, and won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Poetry. Her books have remained for weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and she has conducted highly successful world tours, inspiring a global audience through her art and creative activism.

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