Book description
I was fifteen when my mother finally told me the truth about my father.
She didn t mean to. She meant to keep it a secret forever. If she d
succeeded, it might have saved us all. Roberta and Cynthia are destined
to be best friends forever. When both your fathers are missing you have
a lot in common. Unable to cope with her alcoholic mother, Roberta finds
Cynthia s house the perfect carefree refuge. Cynthia s mother keeps
beautiful, rare butterflies in her sunporch and she s everything Roberta
wishes her own mother could be. But just like the delicate creatures
they nurture, the women are living in a hothouse. Years later, a
hauntingly familiar stranger knocks on Roberta Dutreau s door, forcing
her to begin a journey back to childhood. But is she ready to know the
truth about what happened to her, her best friend Cynthia and their
mothers that tragic night ten years ago? I was fifteen when my mother
finally told me the truth about my father. She didn t mean to. She meant
to keep it a secret forever. If she d succeeded, it might have saved us
all. Roberta and Cynthia are destined to be best friends forever. When
both your fathers are missing you have a lot in common. Unable to cope
with her alcoholic mother, Roberta finds Cynthia s house the perfect
carefree refuge. Cynthia s mother keeps beautiful, rare butterflies in
her sunporch and she s everything Roberta wishes her own mother could
be. But just like the delicate creatures they nurture, the women are
living in a hothouse. Years later, a hauntingly familiar stranger knocks
on Roberta Dutreau s door, forcing her to begin a journey back to
childhood. But is she ready to know the truth about what happened to
her, her best friend Cynthia and their mothers that tragic night ten
years ago?
