{"product_id":"the-butterfly-lampshade-paperback","title":"The Butterfly Lampshade - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAimee Bender\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel in ten years from the author of the beloved \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Particular Sadness Of Lemon C\u003c\/i\u003eake, a luminous, poignant tale of a mother, a daughter, mental illness, and the fluctuating barrier between the mind and the world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the night her single mother is taken to a mental hospital after a psychotic episode, eight year-old Francie is staying with her babysitter, waiting to take the train to Los Angeles to go live with her aunt and uncle. There is a lovely lamp next to the couch on which she's sleeping, the shade adorned with butterflies. When she wakes, Francie spies a dead butterfly, exactly matching the ones on the lamp, floating in a glass of water. She drinks it before the babysitter can see.\u003cbr\u003eTwenty years later, Francie is compelled to make sense of that moment, and two other incidents -- her discovery of a desiccated beetle from a school paper, and a bouquet of dried roses from some curtains. Her recall is exact -- she is sure these things happened. But despite her certainty, she wrestles with the hold these memories maintain over her, and what they say about her own place in the world. \u003cbr\u003eAs Francie conjures her past and reduces her engagement with the world to a bare minimum, she begins to question her relationship to reality. The scenes set in Francie's past glow with the intensity of childhood perception, how physical objects can take on an otherworldly power. The question for Francie is, What do these events signify? And does this power survive childhood?\u003cbr\u003eTold in the lush, lilting prose that led \u003ci\u003ethe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e to say Aimee Bender is \"a writer who makes you grateful for the very existence of language,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly L\u003c\/i\u003eampshade is a heartfelt and heartbreaking examination of the sometimes overwhelming power of the material world, and a broken love between mother and child.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAIMEE BENDER is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake\u003c\/i\u003e--a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller--and \u003ci\u003eAn Invisible Sign of My Own, \u003c\/i\u003e and of the collections \u003ci\u003eThe Girl in the Flammable Skirt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWillful Creatures, and The Color Master.\u003c\/i\u003e Her works have been widely anthologized and have been translated into sixteen languages. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 08, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768088690976,"sku":"9780307744180","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e2a3f75d3eb393e7426863a3f4e46f51.webp?v=1780324405","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-butterfly-lampshade-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}