{"product_id":"i-have-this-thing-for-flowers","title":"I Have This Thing for Flowers","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA story of love, marriage, and flowers from beloved writer and gardening enthusiast Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIt begins with an ending. Six months before they were to be married, Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn’s fiancée broke off their engagement, leaving her stunned and reeling. Looking for stability — and health insurance — she married a friend instead. Then, while sharing a home and tending to a garden together, the marriage of convenience turned into a marriage of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn science, art, and mythology, we cannot help but to see flowers as metaphors for the fleeting nature of youth, vitality, and love. While it’s easy to casually admire something beautiful, it requires a closer look to appreciate the effort that produces that beauty. In I Have This Thing For Flowers, Sawchyn does just that, likening the many flowers she has grown in her garden to a range of relationships and activities from motherhood to ex-boyfriends to Greek mythology.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCataloguing all of the great romances of her life like an herbarium of flowers preserved from the garden, Sawchyn examines the kinds of love that can't be explained.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlysia Li Ying Sawchyn\u003c\/b\u003e teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Bucknell University. Formerly the editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, she has received fellowships from \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. Their first essay collection, \u003ci\u003eA Fish Growing Lungs\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for The Believer Book Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53091046457633,"sku":"9781250397614","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0808\/8521\/9617\/files\/ihavethisthingforflowers.jpg?v=1785270896","url":"https:\/\/www.onwaverly.com\/products\/i-have-this-thing-for-flowers","provider":"On Waverly","version":"1.0","type":"link"}