Flowers of the Far Fields

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In the early nineteenth century</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> an idealistic young botanist named James Torrey sets out to find and research the six rarest flowers in the known world. However under the unforeseen pressure of weather waves and the crippling effects of isolation he is forced to examine himself even more than the flowers around him. Happy memories of childhood give way before danger betrayal and loneliness. In the face of his own solitude James must choose: Is a scientific work of renown really something he is after or will he allow a more complicated beauty to grow through the cracks?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Brewer's debut novel is a stark poetic and at times crushing story. From the heartlands of 1800s America to the verdant forests of Sumatra </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Flowers of the Far Fields</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a powerful exploration of struggle and the meaning of failure. </span></p>