All Isabelle (Belle) Marsden wants when she moves to Kansas from Chicago is a place to retreat and heal from an ugly #MeToo experience. But a chance encounter with a free-spirited artist draws her into a community of colorful characters who soon have her lobbying to rescue their Summer Solstice parade, conducting surveillance at a roadside zoo, and paying visits to an outsider artist’s sculpture garden (S.P. Dinsmoor’s Garden of Eden in Lucas, Kansas).
Inspired by Dinsmoor’s mad creativity, Belle begins building her own peculiar assemblage. As she uncovers her hidden creativity—and madness—her strange creation lands her in trouble with her landlady, the city zoning department, and even the police. Ultimately, her path to balance relies on help from that crew of characters who might themselves be called crazy—and on her newly redefined self.
All Isabelle (Belle) Marsden wants when she moves to Kansas from Chicago is a place to retreat and heal from an ugly #MeToo experience. But a chance encounter with a free-spirited artist draws her into a community of colorful characters who soon have her lobbying to rescue their Summer Solstice parade, conducting surveillance at a roadside zoo, and paying visits to an outsider artist’s sculpture garden (S.P. Dinsmoor’s Garden of Eden in Lucas, Kansas).
Inspired by Dinsmoor’s mad creativity, Belle begins building her own peculiar assemblage. As she uncovers her hidden creativity—and madness—her strange creation lands her in trouble with her landlady, the city zoning department, and even the police. Ultimately, her path to balance relies on help from that crew of characters who might themselves be called crazy—and on her newly redefined self.
