{"product_id":"the-cutting-garden-a-graphic-novel-9781534330801","title":"The Cutting Garden: A Graphic Novel [Van Poelgeest, Darcy]","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDarcy Van Poelgeest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This hauntingly beautiful chiller creeps up on the reader like the vines spreading over Adeil and Josette's house.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--Publishers Weekly \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mysterious young girl seeks out a florist to deliver a painful truth that will forever change them both in this tender, gothic drama about our need for love and the creatures we become in its absence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a quiet street in early twentieth-century New Orleans, a florist works through the night to craft a floral arrangement for a peculiar customer--a precocious young girl named Adeil who pays the florist in stories. For every new flower the florist adds to the bouquet, Adeil offers another dissonant detail in her narrative: a chance meeting with a disillusioned jazz singer, a dilapidated family home, an idyllic life on the fringes of an imperfect world. As dawn approaches and the arrangement takes shape, the florist is left to piece together the final details of Adeil's mysterious life and ponder what this means for her own story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Eisner Award-winning writer Darcy Van Poelgeest (\u003ci\u003eLittle Bird, Precious Metal\u003c\/i\u003e) and rising-star watercolor artist Erin Connally comes \u003ci\u003eThe Cutting Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, a gorgeously rendered meditation on companionship, family, and sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.07oz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781534330801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDarcy Van Poelgeest is an award-winning writer and filmmaker living in Vancouver, B.C. He's known for his poetic and thought-provoking narrative work in multiple mediums. His comics have been published with BOOM! Studios, Dark Horse Entertainment, and Image Comics, beginning with the Eisner Award winning series, LITTLE BIRD. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eErin Connally is a watercolor illustrator who focuses on sequential art and naturalist painting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using muted, natural colors and a keen eye for beauty hidden in the everyday, she shares graphic stories with themes of discovery, mental health, and sitting with life's larger, and often more difficult questions.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45533342957744,"sku":"9781534330801b","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/the-cutting-garden-a-graphic-novel-9781534330801","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}