English is the authoritative source. Machine translation changes this website page only; it is not a professionally reviewed translation and does not translate the novel. Confirm safeguarding, legal, health and emergency information with an official service in your country.
More website languages →Translation and accuracy standard →
CUT FLOWERSBuy the bookReviews and endorsements
Education leaders, safeguarding specialists, campaigners, survivors and young readers have responded to Cut Flowers. Roles are shown as they stood when each endorsement was given.
“This excellent book tells us what it is, how it impacts and how it can be stopped. Educating us all is the key to wiping this outrage off the face of the earth and Cut Flowers plays an important part in that mission. I recommend it wholeheartedly.”
Nazir Afzal OBEFormer Chief Crown Prosecutor
“Aneeta has an extraordinary gift for taking subjects that are so often left unspoken and easily ignored, and then bringing them into sharp, unforgettable focus. Cut Flowers does just the same. This is an important book. Recommended.”
Geoff BartonHeadteacher, King Edward VI School at the time of endorsement
“Cut Flowers is a very powerful novel. It provides very useful and needed information to service users and their families about the law, access to care, information and advice.”
Dr Comfort Momoh MBEFGM and public-health specialist
“We applaud Aneeta’s creativity in presenting the issues to young people in the form of a novel and the potential this provides for schools to tackle the issue in a sensitive yet rigorous manner.”
Russell HobbyGeneral Secretary, NAHT at the time of endorsement
“Female genital mutilation is rightly a huge concern, and educating children and young people on how to keep themselves and others safe is essential.”
Joe HaymanChief Executive, PSHE Association at the time of endorsement
“Aneeta is a fantastic storyteller. A charming book with a powerful message: we can all help to end FGM.”
Becca NaylorPro Bono Manager, Reed Smith at the time of endorsement
“Cut Flowers and Aneeta Prem’s previous book, But It’s Not Fair, together provide a vital resource for children, young people and professionals on tackling these serious child-abuse practices.”
Chris KeatesGeneral Secretary, NASUWT at the time of endorsement
“It is a game changer. It is sensitive and authentic. Had this book been around when we were growing up, maybe no one would have had to go through FGM. Men and boys must read this book too.”
FGM survivors’ groupLondon
“I felt really emotional and even heartbroken for all the young girls who go through this.”
MariaYoung reader
“Capturing the horror of the subject in a subtle, emotive and thoughtful way.”
ChloeReader
“I absolutely loved reading your book. It is fantastic: very funny and with a powerful message at the same time.”
RebeccaReader
The standard behind the praise
The accompanying Freedom Charity lesson resources for Key Stages 3 and 4 received the PSHE Association Quality Mark. The Quality Mark applies to the resources, not to the novel itself.