The Sun and Her Flowers

Rupi Kaur

Simon & Schuster, Limited, Oct 23, 2018 - Poetry - 248 pages

Divided into five chapters and illustrated by Kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. A celebration of love in all its forms.

A revised hardcover edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller the sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller milk and honey. Her long-awaited second collection of poetry is a vibrant and transcendent journey about growth and healing. Ancestry and honouring one's roots. Expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself.

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

About the author

Rupi Kaur is a Canadian poet, author, illustrator, and performer. With her mother's encouragement, she began drawing at the age of five. She views her life as an artistic journey and has a degree in rhetoric studies. She is a poet and has performed her work internationally. Her debut poetry collection was published in 2014, Milk and Honey. It became a New York Times bestseller. The Sun and Her Flowers is her second poetry collection and was published in 2017.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Sun and Her Flowers
• Author: Rupi Kaur
• Illustrated by: Rupi Kaur
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Limited, 2018
• ISBN: 1471177912, 9781471177910
• Length: 248 pages
• Subjects: Poetry / General