The Willow Pattern Story
Registered by 
GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 4/27/2020
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 4/27/2020 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I got this ex-library hardcover from Better World Books. It's a chidren's-book version of the legend behind the blue willow pattern porcelain - though the "legend" was fabricated to help advertise the products that were created in 19th century England with vaguely Chinese-themed ornamentation.
That said, it's a poignant tale of a forbidden romance, a tyrannical father, the lovers' flight - and, much to my surprise, a tragic ending that would suit a Verdi opera!
[I recently purchased some very amusing mugs from Calamityware, which feature a variation of blue-willow-pattern - with the addition of a variety of catastrophes, from UFOs to sea monsters to pterodactyls!]
That said, it's a poignant tale of a forbidden romance, a tyrannical father, the lovers' flight - and, much to my surprise, a tragic ending that would suit a Verdi opera!
[I recently purchased some very amusing mugs from Calamityware, which feature a variation of blue-willow-pattern - with the addition of a variety of catastrophes, from UFOs to sea monsters to pterodactyls!]
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library - 16 Main St. in Brookline, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, April 28, 2020
GoryDetails at Little Free Library - 16 Main St. in Brookline, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (4/28/2020 UTC) at Little Free Library - 16 Main St. in Brookline, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Guidelines for safely visiting and stocking Little Free Libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the LFL site here.I left this book in the Little Free Library; hope someone enjoys it! (The trees are starting to blossom - and check out the teddy bear in the library window!)
[See other recent releases in NH here.]
*** Released for the 2020 April Showers/May Flowers challenge. ***
