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  • The Paper Garden

  • An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72
  • By: Molly Peacock
  • Narrated by: Jill Tanner
  • Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins

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The Paper Garden

By: Molly Peacock
Narrated by: Jill Tanner
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Publisher's Summary

In The Paper Garden, celebrated poet Molly Peacock explores the remarkable life of 18th-century British gentlewoman-turned-artist Mary Delany. In the 1770s, at the age of 72, the twice-widowed and nearly broke Delany turned her interest in botany into beautiful paper “mosaick” flowers still revered today.

©2010 Molly Peacock (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC

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"[N]ot only an introduction to a unique artist, but also a whole bouquet of thoughts and observations about the flow of life.” ( Washington Post)

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