The butterfly cabinet
Subtitle: a novel
By: Bernie McGill
Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781451611595
Subjects: Death; Reminiscing in old age; Mothers; Diary fiction; Fiction; Collection and preservation; Butterflies; Secrecy; Children
Description: A proud, uncompromising woman, Harriet's great passion is collecting butterflies and pinning them under glass; motherhood comes no easier to her than her role as mistress of her remote Irish estate. When her daughter dies, her community is quick to judge her, and Harriet will not stoop to defend herself. But her journals reveal a more complex truth.
Notes: Originally published: London : Headline Review, 2010.