Flower Diary
CBC Books | | Posted: July 28, 2021 5:17 PM | Last Updated: August 27, 2021
Molly Peacock
Molly Peacock looks at the balancing act of female creativity and domesticity in the life of Mary Hiester Reid, a painter who produced over three hundred stunning, emotive floral still lifes and landscapes. Born in the U.S. in 1854, trained by libertine Thomas Eakins, Mary trailblazed in a life where she fought for her place as a professional artist without having to live as a tragic heroine.
She married George A. Reid, a prominent Canadian painter, and moved with him to Toronto, though she kept a studio in the Catskill Mountains. But it was the Edwardian age, and while their relationship was more equal than most, it was Mary's place to manage the domestic scene. So, how do you find the time to paint when you need to get to the market to buy a chicken for dinner? And how do you manage a marriage when your art student becomes your rival? (From ECW Press)
Flower Diary is available in September 2021.
Molly Peacock is a biographer and poet. She's the author of The Paper Garden: Mrs Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72, as well as seven volumes of poetry, including The Analyst: Poems and The Second Blush. Peacock divides her time between Toronto and New York City.
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