The Butterfly House

by Marcia Preston

Book Overview

The Butterfly House by Marcia Preston released on Dec 28, 2004 is available now for purchase. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778322173
• ISBN13: 9780778322177
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Mira Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Exquisite

This is hands-down one of the best works of women's fiction I have ever read. For me, it ranks right up there with THE COLOR PURPLE and FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE. A very touching story of turbulent-yet-close relationship between two young girls and the events that swirl around them. Beautifully written and executed. Also has an element of mystery. I definitely recommend this book highly---you will stay up late to finish it!!!

Exquisite: very beautiful and delicate and intricate

Words I find myself using to describe the characters in this book are, appropriately, often said in connection to butterflies: beautiful, delicate, lovely, fragile - transformation, metamorphosis, amazing journey. This is the kind of book that awes me with the writing process because it is so difficult to believe that Bobbie Lee, Cynthia, Ruth, and Lenora are figments of the imagination rather than flesh-and-bone human beings; they seem so real, so complex, so exquisitely flawed. An earlier reviewer described this as a story that would make the reader say "Wow," and that is exactly what I said after I read the last page and, quite regretfully, closed the book. Wow. If I had to compare to better known authors, two of my favorites come to mind: Barbara Kingsolver and Elizabeth Berg. If you are a fan of their work, I KNOW you'll love "The Butterfly House."

THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE BY MARCIA PRESTON

I was looking forward to the release of ms. preston's new book and i was not disappointed. it was a radical departure from her first two novels but the story was wonderful as i did not put it down until the end. i just hope we do not have to wait very long for the next one. thanks for a great story.

THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE SOARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Always a fan of Ms. Preston's work, I eagerly anticipated the release of this book. Very different from her previous efforts, this book gets more unique with each page. I found myself engrossed in this book from day one, and I couldn't sleep until I read the last page. This book is wonderful and should be considered Ms. Preston's best work to date. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves to read.

Butterfly House, Five Star Novel by a Five Star Author

I found Butterfly House to be a powerful story that captured me in the first few pages and didn't let me go until I closed the book. The characters are hauntingly real, warts and all. Preston's transition from the past--Bobbi Lee's childhood and the people and events that shaped her--to the present and Roberta's adult world, is seamless. Each switch spun me to a place in the story that either deepened the mystery or added to the drama. And, the change in voice from story-telling third person to first person present tense, was masterfully done. Preston brilliantly weaves together strands of love, loyalty, family, secrets, and self-discovery into an intriguing story written in prose I found rich enough to savor. If you are looking for a book that's hard to put down, one that when you finish the last page you say, "wow!" then I recommend Butterfly House. You are in for a literary treat.