The Architect Of Flowers

Description for THE ARCHITECT OF FLOWERS by William Lychack: Discover Great New Writers Trouble has been simmering in the year since David Darby s wife died unexpectedly. Now, as Y2K approaches, it has come to a boil . ***** Acclaimed for THE WASP EATER, his first collection of stories, Lychack focuses now on a fascinating range of human behavior. With a fluency of tone and a gifted eye, he examines the dark and unfathomable moments in the most committed relationships; the small distances that stretch into miles between generations and couples when long-buried secrets tumble out into the light; or the eccentricities that may label us as odd yet mark us as unique. Capturing the bewilderment and tenderness in failed connections or missed moments, his characters stand vivid in their human frailty and we warm to them almost despite ourselves. A lonely wife determined to gather her far-flung family for a reunion invents the perfect lie to persuade them; an old woman recalls how