The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 198217935X ISBN13: 9781982179359 Release Date: April 2023 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Length: 272 Pages Weight: 0.90 lbs. Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3" Paris Review contributor Katy Kelleher explores our obsession with gorgeous things, unveiling the fraught histories of makeup, flowers, perfume, silk, and other beautiful objects. April recommended reading by the New York Times Book Review, Vanity Fair, Goodreads, Jezebel, Christian Science Monitor, All Arts, and the Next Big Idea Club One of Curbed's and Globe and Mail's (Toronto) best books of the spring A most anticipated book of 2023 by The Millions Katy Kelleher has spent much of her life chasing beauty. As a child, she uprooted handfuls of purple, fragrant little flowers from the earth, plucked iridescent seashells from the beach, and dug for turquoise stones in her backyard. As a teenager she applied glittery shimmer to her eyelids after religiously dabbing o