Savannah Garden Of Good And Evil Statue

The book was subsequently made into clint eastwood s.

Savannah garden of good and evil statue.

For more than 50 years the statue nicknamed little wendy quietly presided over a family burial plot in a historic savannah cemetery. Subtitled a savannah story with an initial printing of 25 000 copies the book became a new york times best seller for 216 weeks following its debut and remains the longest standing new york times best seller. Although the bird girl statue is no longer located in bonaventure cemetery this hauntingly beautiful savannah cemetery still plays a huge role in midnight in the garden of good and evil under the spanish moss canopy the cemetery is rich in history and mystery along with stunning sculptures. That ended in 1994 when a photo of the statue appeared on the cover of the bestselling midnight in the garden of good and evil and acquired its new bird girl name.

Sculpted in 1936 bird girl by sylvia shaw judson stood in obscurity for decades in savannah s bonaventure cemetery where it was named little wendy by the family that paid for it. Judson who trained at the art institute of chicago was a. Savannah s famous statue from midnight in the garden of good and evil one of the icons of savannah is its bird girl a 50 inch sculpture in bronze the statue depicts a young girl standing wistfully with two bowls in her hands. The book berendt s first was published in 1994 and follows the story of an antiques dealer on trial for the murder of a male prostitute.

Midnight in the garden of good and evil is a non fiction novel by john berendt.