Daffodil

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  • A
  • beautifully
  • illustrated,
  • visually
  • lush
  • and
  • intriguing
  • book
  • about
  • the
  • world's
  • most
  • popular
  • and
  • most
  • powerful
  • flower.The
  • daffodil
  • is
  • the
  • beautiful
  • first
  • flower
  • of
  • spring,
  • the
  • inspiration
  • of
  • poets,
  • a
  • treasure-trove
  • to
  • scientists
  • and
  • a
  • symbol
  • of
  • everything
  • from
  • unrequited
  • love,
  • rebirth,
  • eternal
  • life
  • and
  • misfortune.
  • Over
  • centuries,
  • the
  • daffodil
  • has
  • been
  • so
  • many
  • things
  • to
  • so
  • many
  • people:
  • it
  • was
  • called
  • 'Narcissus'
  • by
  • the
  • Greeks
  • and
  • prized
  • by
  • the
  • Romans
  • as
  • guarantee
  • of
  • passage
  • to
  • the
  • Underworld;
  • it
  • was
  • used
  • by
  • medieval
  • Arabs
  • and
  • ancient
  • Chinese
  • for
  • its
  • medicinal
  • properties
  • and
  • it
  • has
  • inspired
  • poets,
  • lovers,
  • artists
  • and
  • scientists
  • down
  • the
  • ages.But
  • in
  • telling
  • the
  • story
  • of
  • the
  • daffodil,
  • what
  • award-winning,
  • best-selling
  • writer
  • Helen
  • O'Neill
  • is
  • really
  • telling
  • is
  • the
  • story
  • of
  • humanity.
  • It's
  • a
  • narrative
  • of
  • progress
  • from
  • superstition
  • and
  • myth,
  • taking
  • in
  • politics,
  • greed,
  • religion,
  • science,
  • chance,
  • redemption
  • and
  • love.
  • But,
  • appropriately
  • enough
  • for
  • a
  • flower
  • that
  • is
  • now
  • used
  • on
  • a
  • worldwide
  • basis
  • to
  • raise
  • funds
  • for
  • cancer
  • research,
  • it
  • is,
  • above
  • all,
  • a
  • story
  • of
  • hope.
  • Moving,
  • fascinating,
  • eloquent,
  • and
  • also
  • beautiful.'O'Neill
  • manages
  • to
  • make
  • a
  • biography
  • of
  • a
  • flower
  • feel
  • like
  • something
  • of
  • a
  • detective
  • novel,
  • love
  • story,
  • historical
  • drama
  • and
  • horticultural
  • research
  • paper
  • rolled
  • into
  • one'
  • Sydney
  • Morning Herald
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