{"product_id":"9780732299200","title":"Daffodil","description":"A beautifully illustrated, visually lush and intriguing book about the world's most popular and most powerful flower.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe daffodil is the beautiful first flower of spring, the inspiration of poets, a treasure-trove to scientists and a symbol of everything from unrequited love, rebirth, eternal life and misfortune.  Over centuries, the daffodil has been so many things to so many people: it was called 'Narcissus' by the Greeks and prized by the Romans as guarantee of passage to the Underworld; it was used by medieval Arabs and ancient Chinese for its medicinal properties and it has inspired poets,  lovers, artists and scientists down the ages.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in telling the story of the daffodil, what award-winning, best-selling writer Helen O'Neill is really telling is the story of humanity. It's a narrative of progress from superstition and myth, taking in politics, greed, religion, science, chance, redemption and love.  But, appropriately enough for a flower that is now used on a worldwide basis to raise funds for cancer research, it is, above all, a story of hope.   Moving, fascinating, eloquent, and also beautiful. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'O'Neill manages to make a biography of a flower feel like something of a detective novel, love story, historical drama and horticultural research paper rolled into one' \u003cem\u003eSydney Morning Herald \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Helen O'Neill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896664510613,"sku":"9780732299200","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780732299200_acd89335-55c4-44be-9cc3-117883014c24.jpg?v=1776888168","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780732299200","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}