The butterfly lampshade : a novel
(Large Print)
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Published
New York : Random House Large Print, [2020].
ISBN
9780593342091, 0593342097
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | LARGE TYPE FICTION BENDER, A. | On Shelf |
St. Charles Public Library District - Adult Large Print | LARGE PRINT FIC BENDER | Checked out |
Woodridge Public Library - Large Type | LT FICTION BENDER | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Random House Large Print, [2020].
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
335 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780593342091, 0593342097
Notes
Description
"On the night her single mother is taken to a mental hospital after a psychotic episode, eight year-old Francie is staying with her babysitter, waiting to take the train to Los Angeles to go live with her aunt and uncle. There is a lovely lamp next to the couch on which she's sleeping, the shade adorned with butterflies. When she wakes, Francie spies a dead butterfly, exactly matching the ones on the lamp, floating in a glass of water. She drinks it before the babysitter can see. Twenty years later, Francie is compelled to make sense of that moment, and two other incidents - her discovery of a desiccated beetle from a school paper, and a bouquet of dried roses from some curtains. Her recall is exact - she is sure these things happened. But despite her certainty, she wrestles with the hold these memories maintain over her, and what they say about her own place in the world. As Francie conjures her past, and reduces her engagement with the world to a bare minimum, she begins to question her relationship to reality. The scenes set in Francie's past glow with the intensity of childhood perception, how physical objects can take on an otherworldly power. The question for Francie is, what do these events signify? And does this power survive childhood?"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bender, A. (2020). The butterfly lampshade: a novel (First large print edition.). Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bender, Aimee. 2020. The Butterfly Lampshade: A Novel. Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bender, Aimee. The Butterfly Lampshade: A Novel Random House Large Print, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bender, Aimee. The Butterfly Lampshade: A Novel First large print edition., Random House Large Print, 2020.
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