Above The Flower Shop

Above the Flower shop is a contemporary story of two people who meet and fall in love. It is also the story of the people they meet along the way. It is told through the words and thoughts of Robert, a White teacher, and Shelly, an African American nurse. “The last thing I hear as I fall asleep is a trumpet solo. Old school jazz. My Dad loved classic rock. Mr. Nate loves old school jazz. I wonder, what music I will pass on to my kids? Then I wonder if there will be someone to listen. It’s not often I feel lonely. Tonight, I fall asleep missing someone I haven’t met yet.”This boy met a girl before, but not like this girl. “I worked with someone at Saint James who was more on the plain side. No one bugged her to smile, she didn’t have to convince anyone she was good at her job, people believe she was smart, and she didn’t seem to scare the shit out of the menfolk. All of these happen to me damn near daily. There are positive things for being pretty, but it ain’t all sunshine and rainbows.” Two people who have more to them than most people see meet with open eyes and see each other as they really are. The find love is a series of decisions and family is who you love, not who you are born with. Love is a choice. What happens when two people choose each other?Above the Flower Shop talks about love, families, interracial relationships and racism, and what happens when they all collide in the lives of these two people you will grow to love.