The Sound of Butterflies: A Novel (P.S.)
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 0061357707 / Publisher: Harper Perennial, November 2008
When her husband, an amateur butterfly naturalist, returns from an Amazon expedition a broken shell of a man, Sophie scours his diaries to discover what happened and learns additional truths about their marriage while perusing his exquisite butterfly collection. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
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Sophie Edgar barely recognizes her husband, Thomas, an amateur naturalist, when he returns from the Amazon, where he had hoped to find his long-dreamed-of mythical butterfly, Papilio sophia. The optimistic young Edwardian gentleman is gone, replaced by a weak, nearly mute shadow of the man she married. Unable to break through his heartbreaking silence, Sophie must glean what she can from his diaries and boxes of exquisite butterflies in order to discover what happened to Thomas in the lush and perilous jungles of Brazil. In the process, she learns as much about herself and her marriage as she does about the secrets harbored by a haunted soul.A magnificent debut, written in rich and sensuous prose, Rachael King's The Sound of Butterflies is an unforgettable journey from the demure gentility of turn-of-the-twentieth-century England into the heart of darkness.
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