Paul and Rose wander by a moss-covered bridge spanning a narrow arm of a pond, and visit Zen gardens with beds of fine gray sand where parallel lines have been drawn with a rake. She sees the summer magnolias that spill from a dark vase and catch the light in successive cascades, and observes the shadows that flicker like gleaming water pouring onto the flowers. Rose is a botanist and acutely aware of every leaf, flower, and plant around her. Together they spend the days until the reading of the will exploring grief, abandonment, and nature. Paul, her father’s dedicated assistant, is waiting to greet her. This journey changes her life in ways she could never have anticipated. She must take her first trip to Kyo¯to Japan to settle his estate and to learn about the father that she never knew. Rose received news that Haru, her father, had died. “A Single Rose” is a poetic journey taken over just a few days by two strangers brought together by a death.
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