title: The Butterfly Kiss
author: Sen, Sourish
description: Ethan Mascaranes and Rose Reed, happen to meet on a train journey from Paris to Spain. Rose being an oceanographer loves traveling which is the only common thing between her and Ethan who is an aspiring writer. Her habits reminds him of someone he knew, his childhood. Ethan decides to help Rose in order to find her dad, who is upset with her and is not willing to stay in touch. They investigate of where her dad could be in a small coffee shop near the border of France & Spain and set out on a journey, in search of her father. While on this journey, Ethan narrates incidents from his childhood, of the summers he spent in Maldives. The story is all about a to-do-wish list, a cassette recorder & his childhood love. The Butterfly Kiss is a literary fiction depicted in a poetic form.