The title of the fiction means ‘street flowers’ in English. It was written by Boton around 1982- 1983. The story is about three siblings living in an old small canal house outside urban areas of Bangkok. Samon, the oldest sister, supports and takes good care of her sister and brother with a small income earned from selling flowers grown in a farm she inherited from her parents since they passed away.
What makes the story very special to me is moral positive attitudes and simple self-sufficient ways of life of the characters. In the meantime, I wonder why is this book not really popular among Thai readers? Maybe its plain and simple storyline might not be exciting enough to draw attention like that of most popular Thai cliche soaps.
I have been reading this book over and over since I was in college and never feel bored reading it. It always cheers me up and heals my pain whenever I feel lost in life or get hurt from failure to accomplish whatever I wish I could have in this chaos world. It has always been teaching me that everyone has their beautiful parts of life. Nobody can devalue anybody without consent. Be happy with what we have and never desperately long for anything that is not for us. Then, we will realize happiness actually is all around.
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