The Flower Bearers
Elegant and juicy ... Storytelling unafraid of poetry. Like a pudding, the prose here is both plain and rich ... It’s a lot, but it’s also gratifyingly lush. Griffiths gives us romance and romanticism.
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An open wound of a memoir ... There are several mentions in this disturbing and intimate memoir of Griffiths’s deep need for privacy, and yet her words on the page are as emotionally raw as a primal scream ... There are moments in this memoir that are almost too raw to bear.
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The book is simultaneously a love story, a portrait of sisterhood and a visceral depiction of violence, loss and emotional devastation ... As one might expect from an author whose primary medium is poetry, the writing is evocative, full-bodied, perhaps a little overcooked in parts ... Goes to some dark places, but there is joy, too.
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