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Gallery Books, April 2012
Trade Paperback, 448 pages
ISBN-10: 1439170681
ISBN-13: 9781439170687
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New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe once again touches hearts with her unique ability to celebrate both the complexities of the human psyche and the splendor of nature. Every year, the monarch butterflies—las mariposas—fly more than two thousand miles on fragile wings to return to their winter home in Mexico. Now Luz Avila makes that same perilous journey south as she honors a vow to her beloved abuela—the grandmother who raised her—to return her ashes to her ancestral village. As Luz departs Milwaukee in a ramshackle old VW Bug, she finds her heart opened by a series of seemingly random encounters with remarkable women. In San Antonio, however, a startling revelation awaits: a reunion with a woman from her past. Together, the two cross into Mexico to await the returning monarchs in the little village Abuela called home, but they are also crossing a border that separates past from present . . . and truth from lies.
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"Monroe, known for her environmental fiction (The Beach House; Sweetgrass), skillfully incorporates lore about the monarch butterflies into a rich novel about generations and tradition. This book, filled with unusual female characters, is highly recommended for book clubs and readers of women's fiction."
- Library Journal
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“In The Butterfly’s Daughter, Mary Alice Monroe gives us a novel that, like the monarch butterfly, has a plentitude of beauty and wonder. Luz Avila is a character we cheer on as she makes her journey from Wisconsin to Mexico and, equally, toward knowledge and forgiveness.”
-- Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Serena
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Time Is a RiverA woman takes refuge in fly fishing to recover from the trauma of a broken heart—and discovers nature has a way of healing all wounds.Read More
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