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Grief’s grip loosens with an unlikely friendship and a blooming garden.
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Where Wilted Flowers Bloom

A Novel

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    29 September 2026

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Summary

From the multi-award-winning author of An American Immigrant comes the story of a woman walking through paralyzing grief and the unlikely friendship that might unlock a path to healing.

When Sandra and her family move from New York City to East Nashville for her husband’s job, she is hopeful for a fresh start. While she will deeply miss her tight-knit family and thriving career, she is desperate to leave behind the city that holds her greatest loss.

But Sandra quickly…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780593603161
ISBN-10:0593603168
Author:Johanna Rojas Vann
Publisher:Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)
Imprint:Waterbrook Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:29 September 2026
Weight:255g
Dimensions:17mm x 139mm x 209mm
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Where Wilted Flowers Bloom by Johanna Rojas Vann - ISBN: 9780593603161
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Critics Review

“Honest, unapologetic, and tender, Where Wilted Flowers Bloom doesn’t shy away from the hard edges of grief. The unlikely friendship at its center beautifully illuminates gentle pathways toward healing. Be sure to keep a box of tissues handy: The soul-cleansing tears this story stirred caught me by surprise.”—Amanda Cox, author of The Bitter End Birding Society

“Where Wilted Flowers Bloom is a poignant exploration of grief, friendship, and healing when it seems impossible. Johanna Rojas Vann’s skill as a storyteller invites readers into the lives of her well-crafted characters with such authenticity, you feel every raw emotion, smell every fragrant flower, and find yourself examining your own journey through the painful life events we all face at some point. This book has the potential to help us see others who are going through difficult circumstances with new eyes.”—Michelle Shocklee, Christy Award–winning author of All We Thought We Knew and The Women of Oak Ridge

“Johanna Rojas Vann has written a story that perfectly threads the needle between heartbreaking and heartwarming. When you turn the final page, the deeply drawn characters will stay with you, making you wish you could visit them just one more time. This story is a must-read for anyone who enjoys themes of found family, unexpected friendship, and hard-won restoration.”—Sarah Loudin Thomas, bestselling author of These Tangled Threads

“There are streams of living water available to us even in the midst of our deepest grief. In this remarkable novel, Johanna Rojas Vann points us with poignancy, authenticity, and power toward the headwaters that can be our source of hope-filled, living, flowing water: the love of family, the gift of unexpected friendship, and the abiding love of God.”—Jeff Crosby, author of The Language of the Soul and World of Wonders

“Life has a way of breaking the ground of a hardened heart. Where Wilted Flowers Bloom is a story about real pain, real struggle, and finding hope in the thorns. God sometimes uses unlikely people to lighten our souls for the journey ahead. This is a story that will do that.”—Chris Fabry, author of Saving Grayson

“If you’ve ever carried a grief too heavy to name, this story will feel like it was written just for you. Johanna has a gift for weaving faith into the fabric of everyday life, not as a tidy answer to suffering but as a gentle presence moving through it.”—Carmen Schober, author of After She Falls and Pretty Little Pieces

About The Author

Johanna Rojas Vann

Johanna Rojas Vann is the multi-award-winning author of An American Immigrant. She is the recipient of the Christy Award for First Novel, the winner of the International Latino Book Award for Best First Book, and the Silver Winner for the Isabel Allende Most Inspirational Book Award. Her debut novel was also a finalist for the Tennessee State Book Award. She lives outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and children, where she spends her days baking bread, chasing preschoolers, and writing inspirational fiction.

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