Unveiling Hidden Worlds: How Rachel Eliza Griffiths’ The Flower Bearers Transforms Grief Into Art
The death of Griffiths’ mother (as well as a divorce from her first husband) marks a turning point for her and the book. Griffiths understands she only has herself to rely on and she begins imagining and prioritizing a new, more expansive life. Griffiths bravely confronts her past traumas that caused her to dissociate. In so doing, she describes how she fought to overcome the stigma and fear around which she felt so much shame, and admits to shortcomings without the reader losing faith in her.
Returning to the near present, we watch as Griffiths navigates the lockdown together with Rushdie, the COVID-related deaths in her family, and the muder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
