Wildflowers are strong and resilient. Eighteen-year-old Salem wants to have their confidence. Thayer, her thirty-one-year-old neighbour, likes the idea. He also likes Salem, who makes him feel happy. But she has a boyfriend, and Thayer has a six-year-old son from a failed marriage. The sexual tension that arose between them at first sight grows day by day. It becomes increasingly difficult to resist the urge. But do they have a future together? This story intertwines love, passion, terrible childhood traumas, and tragedy... Can two broken people become happy? This is a fascinating novel about the weakness and strength that is in each of us. About mistakes, difficult decisions, stereotypes that prevent us from being free. And about the feelings that make us know we are alive