{"product_id":"butterfly-cabinet-9781451611601","title":"Butterfly Cabinet","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An emotionally bracing, refreshingly intelligent, and ultimately heartbreaking story\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) of two women linked by a tragic, decades-old secret.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen former nanny Maddie McGlade receives a letter from the last of her charges, she realizes the time has come to unburden herself of a secret she has kept for more than seventy years: the truth behind the death of Charlotte Ormond, the four-year-old daughter of the wealthy household where Maddie was employed as a young woman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Weaving together Maddie's confessional to Anna--the would-be niece of the deceased Charlotte Ormond--and the prison diaries of Charlotte's mother, Harriet, who had been held responsible for her daughter's death, a vivid tapestry of the complex Ormond family history begins to form. Maddie also details her own life, marked by poverty, fear, sacrifice, and lies--a stark contrast to the wealth Harriet describes in her diaries, though not without its own troubles. A strict mother with her own repressed desires, the community was quick to condemn Harriet when Charlotte dies, allegedly as the result of Harriet's punitive actions. Unwilling to stoop to defend herself and too absorbed in her own world, she accepts the cruel destiny that is beyond her control even as, paradoxically, it sets her free. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on chilling events that actually took place in the north of Ireland in 1892, \u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly Cabinet \u003c\/i\u003eis a sterling\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ehistorical novel of family secrets, class, and guilt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernie McGill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451611601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBernie McGill is the author of the two novels \u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly Cabinet \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Watch House\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as two short story collections. Her story \"Sleepwalkers\" won the 2008 \u003ci\u003eZoetrope: All-Story\u003c\/i\u003e Short Fiction Contest. She has also written numerous works for print and radio. She lives with her family in Portstewart, Ireland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44939181916275,"sku":"9781451611601","price":20.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_b79d869f-6fb6-45bd-a56f-30e0c75a5d7f.jpg?v=1778250491","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/butterfly-cabinet-9781451611601","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}