The Butterfly Sister, Amy Gail Hansen
The Butterfly Sister, Amy Gail Hansen
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The Butterfly Sister
A Novel

Author: Amy Gail Hansen

Narrator: Amy Rubinate

Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Avon

Published: 08/06/2013


Synopsis

The past just arrived on Ruby's doorstep . . .To uncover the truth about a friend's disappearance, a fragile young woman must silence the ghosts of her past in this moving debut tale that intertwines mystery, madness, betrayal, love, and literature."My past was never more than one thought, one breath, one heartbeat away. And then, on that particular October evening, it literally arrived at my doorstep."Twenty-two-year-old Ruby Rousseau is haunted by memories of Tarble, the women's college she fled from ten months earlier, and the painful love affair that pushed her to the brink of tragedy.When a suitcase belonging to a former classmate named Beth arrives on her doorstep, Ruby is plunged into a dark mystery. Beth has gone missing, and the suitcase is the only tangible evidence of her whereabouts.Inside the bag, Ruby discovers a tattered copy of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, the book she believes was a harbinger of her madness. Is someone trying to send her a message—and what does it mean?The search for answers leads to Tarble. As Ruby digs into Beth's past, she has no choice but to confront her own—an odyssey that will force her to reexamine her final days at school, including the married professor who broke her heart and the ghosts of illustrious writers, dead by their own hand, who beckoned her to join their tragic circle.But will finding the truth finally set Ruby free . . . or send her over the edge of sanity?

About Amy Gail Hansen

A former English teacher, Amy Gail Hansen is a freelance writer and journalist living in suburban Chicago. This is her first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jayme

Finally, another book that I couldn't wait to get back to..I liked how the author drew you in with her descriptive and thought provoking words, so, I'll give it 4 stars since three and a half is not an option, even though, I did NOT like how the "mystery" part of the story was resolved AT ALL.......more

This was a really good book in my opinion, especially for a first time author. It was a mystery that you could not completely follow until the end. And, it did take me until the end of the book to figure everything out. Between some of the chapters there were these letters and you did not know who t......more