The Butterfly Cabinet
$36.13
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
13 December 2016
Summary
An unforgettable story of two women linked by their roles in a tragedy at the end of the Victorian era.
When Anna, the young woman she cared for as a child, announces her intention to visit the elderly Maddie, Maddie recognises her last chance to unburden herself of a story that has gnawed at her for sixty years. For Maddie, rather like the butterfly cabinet she keeps safely under lock and key, has for too long guarded a secret: that of the day a four-year-old girl died at the big hou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472240217 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472240219 |
| Author: | Bernie McGill |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Tinder Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 13 December 2016 |
| Weight: | 309g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
‘Beautifully done and thoroughly absorbing’
McGill has the ability to enter the brain and heart of her characters and so to make us sympathise with people who commit acts we abhor - Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey
Beautifully done and thoroughly absorbing - Daily Mail An absorbing story of marriage, motherhood and murder - Woman and HomeAn intense exploration of maternal love and guilt - Financial Times Utterly compelling… a haunted tale, pitch perfect in tone - Marie ClaireAssured and very readable, holding plenty of promise for the future - Irish Independent Exceptionally accomplished - Ulster TatlerAbout The Author
Bernie McGill
Bernie McGill has pursued a varied career in the arts, as a theatre manager, and most recently as a playwright. Her short stories have been shortlisted for numerous awards, and in 2008 her story ‘Sleepwalkers’ won the Zoetrope All-Story Short Fiction Contest. THE BUTTERFLY CABINET is her first novel. Bernie lives in Portstewart, Northern Ireland, with her family.
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