Dog Flowers

Summary

Dog Flowers is a 2021 memoir written by Danielle Geller and published by Penguin Random House and Oneworld Publications. The memoir is an account of Geller's response to her mother's death, and her identity as a Navajo woman. The text addresses how Geller comes to understand her mother's life through the suitcases containing her personal effects, the book includes images taken from the suitcases' contents. The narrative explores Geller's childhood, and her experiences of abuse. The book addresses mothering and family difficulties in relationship to the impact of colonization.