The Butterfly Lampshade

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Pub Date 29 Jul 2021 | Archive Date 26 Aug 2021

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LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD

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The Butterfly Lampshade is an unflinching, empathetic portrayal of a childhood touched by mental illness. As always, Aimee Bender's respect for the child and the child within translates into wisdom and magic on the page.' Jing-Jing Lee, author of How We Disappeared


On the night her mother is taken to a mental health hospital after a psychotic episode, eight year-old Francie is mesmerised by a lamp adorned with butterflies as she falls asleep. When she wakes, Francie sees a dead butterfly matching the ones on the lamp floating in a glass of water. She drinks it before anyone sees. Twenty-years later, Francie is compelled to make sense of that moment and two other incidents that have haunted her life. But how close are her memories to reality, and will she ever be free of them?

LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD

'
The Butterfly Lampshade is an unflinching, empathetic portrayal of a childhood touched by mental illness. As always, Aimee Bender's respect for the child...


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ISBN 9780099559269
PRICE £8.99 (GBP)
PAGES 304

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