The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72 Audiobook

" Christmas present. Beautiful work, lent to mum "

" interesting story -- her flower collages are amazing "

" A magical book! Molly Peacock tells the life of Mary Delany, the creator of collage, in a poetic manner bursting with beautiful details. She reveals details of her own life as she describes Mrs. Delany's fanciful but accurate flower collages. "

" A book group book that I was not looking forward to, but now I'm two chapters into it and I'm enjoying it. Molly Peacock is a poet which may account for the structure of this book. It doesn't move along very briskly, but then neither did Mrs. Delaney. "

" The publisher did a beautiful job producing this book, and it is a joy to read. I had never heard of the subject of this book before, but by the end I couldn't wait to learn more about her. A fascinating story. "

" Lovely book design. In-depth background on Mary Delany's marriages and her place in Georgian society. However, I wish the author had refrained from potty mouth. "

" I thought this is among the best books I have ever read. Clear, beautiful writing. Mrs Delany is a woman to be admired and emulated. Molly Peacock combines her life stories with her tracing Mrs Delany's and the result is moving. "

" So inspiring. Loved it. Will read parts of it again and again. Gives me hope that a creative life is still possible when I retire in a year or so. Old age is just a state of mind. "

" This is a biography/autobiography. I loved the Mrs. Delaney parts, which were historically fascinating and creatively inspiring, but didn't care for the Ms. Peacock parts, which seemed a bit self serving. "

" Beautiful descriptive writing about a fascinating woman "

" so cool. the art work is in th e British Museum. "

" Written by a poet and exhaustively detailed, this is a lovely picture of 18thC life-albeit the life of an extraordinary woman. After the death of her 2nd husband she invented a new art form: mixed-media collage. Her works are now in The British Museum. "

" I absolutely loved this book. Part biography of an artist, part memoir of the author, it's also a meditation on art and craft, and what it means to be a creative person. I picked it up on a whim when I happened to see it at the library, and I'm very glad I did. "

" Liked the subject but thought the attempts to make analogies between stages of Mrs. Delany's life and her flower portraits tiresome - it was overdone. I'd like to read a more straightforward account of Mary Delany and her life and work. "