The Weight Of Flowers

<p>Born in 1900 <strong>Jamison grew up believing that there only existed people of value and those without.</strong> This belief was conditioned by her misogynistic father the Colonel-a man who ruled their Kentucky stud farm home like a dictator reminding her every day under his roof that <strong>she belonged to the latter because she wasn't born a boy. </strong></p><p><br></p><p>Determined to <strong>control</strong> her own <strong>fate</strong> Jamison secures an assistantship with a successful feminist author in Switzerland. However within days of her arrival she receives news that her position has been mysteriously withdrawn. When her father descends upon her Swiss hotel with a suitor in tow she realizes her role as a pawn in another one of his self-serving <strong>schemes</strong>. A desperate turn of fate presents itself in the form of a bouquet of flowers along with a party invitation from a <strong>stranger</strong> rubber tycoon J.D. Roe a man who believes his redemption is in her hands.  </p><p><br></p><p>Between them all is Carrington Marcs Jamison's childhood friend who spent his young life pining for her. His plans to prove himself on a <strong>hunting trip</strong> with her father becomes eclipsed by the Colonel's own selfish plans for him. </p><p> </p><p>Against the background of Swiss neutrality Jamison takes a stand against her father the restrictive <strong>social mores</strong> and her own fears in a bid for independence and value. <em>The Weight of Flowers</em> tells Jamison and Carrington's story and how far the Colonel will reach to bring everyone into his own <strong>damnation</strong>. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>