Butterfly's Child

Butterfly’s Child is a sort-of sequel to the opera Madame Butterfly. Since I’ve never seen the opera, I was glad that a brief synopsis of the opera is included at the beginning of the book. In the opera, Madame Butterfly, a geisha in Japan, has a relationship with Lt. Pinkerton, a sailor, who when l......more

This is a masterpiece. Angela Davis-Gardner's story of what happens after the last aria of Madame Butterfly is poignant and beautifully crafted. As a reader, I felt I'd traveled through time to meet and observe these characters whom Puccini named and compelled to sing, but whom Davis-Gardner brings......more