We assume that our closest friends will be around forever. Sometimes we let years pass without checking in, confident that our paths will cross eventually and that the connection we once had will still be there. However, life doesn't always work like that.
After learning of the death of her childhood friend Jewel, Camille is overwhelmed by memories. As young women, Camille, Jewel, and Saundra formed a close bond-however, careers, love lives, and other circumstances conspired to separate the once-devoted trio. Jewel founded a successful black entertainment agency, and Saundra fell into a troubled relationship. Camille drifted away after grad school and the birth of her son. She plans a reunion brunch which she hopes will reunite her friends--but time has changed everything.
Set in twentieth-century New York City, Wildflowers is about the dynamic of friendship. Camille must face hard truths about her relationships-and herself. She wrote in college that she and her friends were like wildflowers unfolding, each one unique. In the end, Camille realizes that friendships are often complicated and fragile, and she must become her own distinct and firmly planted self.
About the Author: Delores Lowe Friedman was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended the New York City public schools. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Hunter College of the City University of New York. She holds a doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has taught in New York City public schools and as a full professor at the City University of New York. An advocate for parental involvement, she authored an education column for Essence magazine called "Education by Degrees" and a book titled Education Handbook for Black Families, published by Doubleday. Her academic and scholarly writings are centered on an interest in equity in science education for girls and children of color.
Now retired, Delores has returned to her first love: writing fiction. She and her husband of forty-four years live in New York City, and the two have a son who is a software engineer.
