Naomi’s job is locating missing children, but she cannot find her own sister, lost for 20 years. She has no picture, no name, just a memory of a strawberry field at night and running for her life.
Celia, a street child, has nothing but her hope in the butterflies that she imagines all around her on Portland, Oregon’s dangerous streets, where young girls are going missing.
As danger creeps closer, Naomi and Celia must ask themselves: can you still be lost even when you’ve been found? But will they find the answer too late?
Celia, a street child, has nothing but her hope in the butterflies that she imagines all around her on Portland, Oregon’s dangerous streets, where young girls are going missing.
As danger creeps closer, Naomi and Celia must ask themselves: can you still be lost even when you’ve been found? But will they find the answer too late?
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Reminds us that storytelling remains one of the most powerful means we have of confronting our darkest human impulses, and sometimes overcoming them
Equal parts chilling, tragic and hopeful, Rene Denfeld's new novel combines her haunting, lyrical prose with a page-turning and harrowing mystery, putting The Butterfly Girl into a league of its own. Fans of The Child Finder will devour this
There is a beautifully plangent, poetic quality to Denfeld's depiction of a world that she knows all too well
A heart-breaking, finger gnawing and yet ultimately hopeful novel by the amazing Rene Denfeld
There is a beautifully plangent, poetic quality to her depiction of a world that she knows all too well.
Denfeld lived on the streets herself as a child, and some of the most vivid passages are based on her memories. In an atmosphere of dread, the novel leads to a climax that exposes decades of murder and abuse
Vivid
Equal parts chilling, tragic and hopeful, Rene Denfeld's new novel combines her haunting, lyrical prose with a page-turning and harrowing mystery, putting The Butterfly Girl into a league of its own. Fans of The Child Finder will devour this.
The Butterfly Girl is a beautiful and very moving novel about lost souls. This heart-stopping thriller left me breathless