Book description
Recently returned to Lake Erie, Ontario, to study the migratory
patterns of the monarch butterfly, entomologist Liz Crane moves into her
family's now-deserted farmhouse. Casting a shadow over her life is the
recent death of her cousin, Amanda Butler, a gifted military strategist
killed in Afghanistan, and the disappearance many years earlier of
Amanda's charismatic father, irrepressible chronicler of their Irish
ancestors, the Butler clan. Liz is also haunted by a deeply buried
family secret, by four different, unexpected love affairs, and by the
tragic events that ultimately altered all their futures. In this
eloquent and powerful narrative, Jane Urquhart brings to vivid life
those fragile patterns from the past that shape who we are. A
compelling, intricately crafted novel of family legacies, love and
betrayal, by one of Canada's outstanding writers. Recently returned to
Lake Erie, Ontario, to study the migratory patterns of the monarch
butterfly, entomologist Liz Crane moves into her family's now-deserted
farmhouse. Casting a shadow over her life is the recent death of her
cousin, Amanda Butler, a gifted military strategist killed in
Afghanistan, and the disappearance many years earlier of Amanda's
charismatic father, irrepressible chronicler of their Irish ancestors,
the Butler clan. Liz is also haunted by a deeply buried family secret,
by four different, unexpected love affairs, and by the tragic events
that ultimately altered all their futures. In this eloquent and powerful
narrative, Jane Urquhart brings to vivid life those fragile patterns
from the past that shape who we are. A compelling, intricately crafted
novel of family legacies, love and betrayal, by one of Canada's
outstanding writers.
