{"product_id":"serendipity-the-afterlife-of-the-object-9781789149500","title":"Serendipity: The Afterlife of the Object","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of the sadness, as well as the joy, of unexpected discoveries in history and life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Carol Mavor's first \"happy accident\" occurred in 1980 when visiting New York's Serendipity 3, a dessert café favored by Andy Warhol. Mavor's memory of eating a frozen hot chocolate became food for thought, nurturing accidental discoveries about art and literature. This book's happy, yet dark, accidents include Anne Frank's journal, discovered in the Secret Annex after the Second World War; Emily Dickinson's poems, scribbled on salvaged envelopes, hidden in a drawer; and \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e, rescued from incineration by Nabokov's wife Véra. Mavor's writing is dependent on serendipity's layers of happenstance, rousing feelings of something that she did not exactly know she was looking for until she found it. All history is about loss, and in the case of this book, much of it is tragic--but \u003ci\u003eSerendipity\u003c\/i\u003e also offers the happiness that can be found in unexpected discoveries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Mavor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789149500","brand":"Reaktion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43311276687497,"sku":"9781789149500","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_40d82143-2eb2-400d-97b0-4ba9e078824a.jpg?v=1738050451","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/serendipity-the-afterlife-of-the-object-9781789149500","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}