Butterflies in November
Record details
- ISBN: 080212318X (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780802123183 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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296 pages ; 22 cm - Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Grove Press, 2014.
- Copyright: ©2014.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Translation of: Rigning í nóvember. |
Language Note: | Translated from the Icelandic. |
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Subject: | Iceland -- Fiction |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Sitka.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Vanderhoof Public Library | PB-GEN OLA (Text) | 35193000299984 | Adult Paperback | Volume hold | Available | - |
Whistler Public Library | FIC AUO (Text) | 33987000988997 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
After a day of being dumped - by both her husband and her lover - and accidentally killing a goose, a thirtysomething-year-old woman yearns for a vacation far from the chaos of her life. Instead, her tropical fantasies are dampened by her best friend's four-year-old deaf-mute son, Tumi, who has been thrust into her reluctant care. The unlikely pair start on tentative footing; she doesn't have the slightest maternal instinct, and Tumi is an introspective oddball. But when he choose the winning numbers for a lottery ticket, they set off on a road trip with a glove compartment stuffed full of their jackpot earnings. Along the way they encounter a string of eccentric locals and peculiar locales, including lava fields, a cucumber farm, an Estonian choir, a handsome falconer, and both of her exes desperate for another chance. And before reaching their journey's end, she must learn to balance unanticipated responsibilities with newfound independence. What begins as a spontaneous trip will surprisngly and profoundly change the way she views her past and charts her future.