Butterflies Dance in the Dark
Destined for limbo because of her illegitimacy, and labeled retarded” because of a learning disability, young Mari-Jen Delene retreats into silence. Around her revolves a vividly drawn cast of characters: her mother Adele; Misha, a Polish Jew; the willful, bitter Mother Superior; and her...
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Destined for limbo because of her illegitimacy, and labeled retarded” because of a learning disability, young Mari-Jen Delene retreats into silence. Around her revolves a vividly drawn cast of characters: her mother Adele; Misha, a Polish Jew; the willful, bitter Mother Superior; and her powerfully intelligent twin brothers, who sleep beside a map of the world they long to explore. Brilliantly imagined and buoyed by the clear-eyed perceptions of youth, it is an eloquent and profound story from a gifted writer.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781552634745 (1552634744)
Publish date: September 19th 2002
Publisher: Key Porter Books
Pages no: 332
Edition language: English
From Publishers Weekly: MacNeil's novel, a bestseller in her native Canada, begins in 1953 with five-year-old narrator Mari-Jen Delene weathering a storm in the rundown family house on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. A frightened, quiet child haunted by ghosts and inner voices, punished in Catholic...
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