Slow Love by Dominique Browning

 
When Browning was divorced, she worked through her grief by building a new home and chronicled the process, both emotional and physical, in a beloved memoir, Around the House and in the Garden. When the wall in her garden collapsed, this long-time editor of House & Garden magazine worked through her newly empty nest by redesigning her garden. And when Conde Nast unexpectedly shut down her magazine with four days notice, she turned once again to writing – eventually. First she wallowed, lost without the structure and meaning she had depended upon work to give her life. She struggled to identify and focus on those things which still gave her pleasure and not every experiment went smoothly. She added fifteen pounds of muffin weight and moved in, and out, and back into a relationship with a man who still lived with his wife, even though they had been legally separated for years. On the other hand, insomnia brought her back to her piano and the beauty of nature and design remained a strong solace. It was not the life she would have chosen, but she found great rewards therein.

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