{"product_id":"the-paper-garden-an-artist-begins-her-lifes-work-at-72-9781608196975","title":"The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72","description":"In 1772, upon the death of her second husband, Mary Delany arose from her grief, picked up a pair of scissors, and, at the age of seventy-two, created a new art form: mixed-media collage. Over the next decade, Mrs. Delany produced an astonishing 985 botanically correct, breathtaking cut-paper flowers, now housed in the British Museum and referred to as the \u003ci\u003eFlora Delanica\u003c\/i\u003e. As she tracks the extraordinary life of Delany-friend of George Frideric Handel and Jonathan Swift-internationally acclaimed poet Molly Peacock weaves in delicate parallels in her own life and, in doing so, creates a profound and beautiful examination of the nature of creativity and art. This gorgeously designed book, featuring thirty-five full-color illustrations, is to be devoured as voraciously as one of the court dinners it describes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMolly Peacock\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the award-winning author of five volumes of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eThe Second Blush\u003c\/i\u003e, and a memoir, \u003ci\u003e Paradise, Piece\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Piece\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poems have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement. \u003c\/i\u003eA transplanted New Yorker, she lives in Toronto\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642501107986,"sku":"9781608196975","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_161812a2-b3cb-41ae-af4b-2112788ca1d2.jpg?v=1733067724","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-paper-garden-an-artist-begins-her-lifes-work-at-72-9781608196975","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}