Author Talk: Natalie Dykstra on Isabella Stewart Gardner

Join us as we welcome author Natalie Dykstra to the Norfolk Library on Saturday, November 9, at 4:00 p.m. An extraordinary achievement of storytelling and scholarship, Dykstra’s award-winning book Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner (2024) illuminates the fascinating story behind one of our nation’s cultural treasures, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and its founder Isabella Stewart Gardner, referred to as “one of the seven wonders of Boston” by a local reporter. Dykstra will tell us about Gardner’s glittering, bohemian friendships with creative luminaries, awe-inspiring world travels, and ever-expanding collection of beautiful things acquired with a keen eye and competitive pace.

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