Growing Up and Other Vices

From Sara Midda, the artist who created In and Out of the Garden and then South of France, comes her long-awaited third book.

Growing Up and Other Vices is a magical evocation of the mysteries of childhood and also a gentle satire on the imperfections of adulthood. Her captivating watercolor illustrations convey the perceptions and inner feelings of children in a way that is both profound and revealing. Not a drawing, not a word is untrue. It is Sara Midda at her dazzling best, in a book to return to again and again.

Sara Midda's South of France and In and Out of the Garden now together have more than 350,000 copies in print. In her long-awaited third book, she offers whimsical, full-color illustrations that focus on universally shared emotions, frustrations, charms, and mysteries of childhood.

GROWING UP AND OTHER VICES

From Sara Midda, the artist who created In and Out of the Garden and then South of France, comes her long-awaited third book.

Growing Up and Other Vices is a magical evocation of the mysteries of childhood and also a gentle satire on the imperfections of adulthood. Her captivating watercolor illustrations convey the perceptions and inner feelings of children in a way that is both profound and revealing. Not a drawing, not a word is untrue. It is Sara Midda at her dazzling best, in a book to return to again and again.

Sara Midda, author of Growing Up and Other Vices and In and Out of the Garden, is a London-based artist and designer. She has exhibited her work in London galleries, and her designs are used in a full line of lifestyle products for the Japanese company Mitsukoshi.