The seasons of my mother: a memoir of love, family, and flowers

Prologue: My mother's flower path

Spring. My mother is a brightly ribboned maypole ; My mother is a crescent moon ; My mother holds me like Mary holds Jesus

Summer: My mother flies with Superwoman ; My mother is an orange hibiscus in a brown coffee cup ; My mother is a miraculous bamboo

Fall: My mother is a driftwood ballerina ; My mother is a bottle of extra virgin olive oil ; My mother is a silver-wrapped piece of Wrigley's Spearmint chewing gum

Winter: My mother is a Harry Winston diamond ; My mother is a star navigator ; My mother is an Easter Bunny in a white confectioner's egg.

Prologue: My mother's flower path --

My mother is a brightly ribboned maypole --

My mother is a crescent moon --

My mother holds me like Mary holds Jesus --

My mother flies with Superwoman --

My mother is an orange hibiscus in a brown coffee cup -- My mother is a miraculous bamboo --

My mother is a driftwood ballerina --

My mother is a bottle of extra virgin olive oil --

My mother is a silver-wrapped piece of Wrigley's Spearmint chewing gum -- My mother is a Harry Winston diamond --

My mother is a star navigator --

My mother is an Easter Bunny in a white confectioner's egg --

Epilogue.