Butterfly
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780241144466 (0241144469)
Publish date: March 1st 2009
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Novels,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Family,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Australia
This is a book that reads like a short story. It's dense, a bit pretentious, and not a whole lot happens. It's emotionally intense, though, and the characters all have secrets and sadness. It's quiet and haunting. But it felt like it was taking forever to read, like I was treading water at some ...
Wow... I was amazingly surprised by this book and that pleases me most of all! To be surprised!My first perception of the book is that it is about a 14 yo girl struggles. Indeed, it is that and more. Right off the bat, I could feel the poignant pains that I, myself, felt when I was of that age. ...