02/25/2026
This…. Thank you Corinne! 💗🙏🏻🍒
This biography, Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner, and personally signed by the author, Natalie Dykstra~ is
The Cherry on Top!
I’ve visited the Gardner Museum sooo many times, I’ve lost count and each visit leaves me breathless. I’ve always been intriged by the era in which Isabella lived, fascinated by her travels, the pieces she collected, the art she commissioned, and the handwritten letters and books from around the world. Every room is a piece of her story. And that’s before you even step into her garden or consider the mystery of the lost art.
Yes, I love the museum…. love, love, love it~but I’m always so curious about the fourth floor, where Isabella lived later in her life (now the administrative offices) what was life like. And then there’s everything before the museum existed~her younger years in New York and all the fascinating in‑betweens.
Soooo loving this book!
And now I understand her crest of The Phoenix Rising
C’est Mon Plaisir