The Butterfly Room: An Enchanting Tale of Long-Buried Secrets from the Author of The Seven Sisters Series - Softcover

Riley, Lucinda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1529014964 ISBN 13: 9781529014969

Publisher: Pan, 2019

Synopsis

A spellbinding, muligenerational story set between the 1950s and the present, The Butterfly Room is an enchanting tale of heartbreaking secrets from Lucinda Riley, international bestselling author of the Seven Sisters series.

'Captivating . . . poignant yet uplifting' – Woman's Own

Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful Suffolk family home, Admiral House, she is surrounded by memories of her idyllic childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, and of raising her own children. But Posy knows she must make an agonizing decision.

Despite the memories the house holds, and the exquisite garden she has spent twenty-five years creating, the house is crumbling around her, and Posy knows the time has come to sell it.

Then a face appears from the past – Freddie, her first love, who abandoned her and left her heartbroken fifty years ago. Already struggling to cope with her son’s inept business dealings, and the sudden reappearance of her younger son after ten years in Australia, Posy is reluctant to trust in Freddie’s renewed affection. And, unbeknown to Posy, Freddie has a devastating secret to reveal . . .

'A perfect beach read' – Daily Mail

'Prepare to be intrigued, moved to tears and ultimately uplifted' – Lancashire Evening Post

About this title

About the Author

Lucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland and, after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first novel aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and continue to strike an emotional chord with cultures all around the world. The Seven Sisters series specifically has become a global phenomenon, creating its own genre, and there are plans to create a seven-season TV series.

Her books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Italian Bancarella Prize, the Lovely Books Award in Germany, and the Romantic Novel of the Year Award. In 2020 she received the Dutch Platinum Award for sales over 300,000 copies for a single novel in one year – a prize last won by J. K. Rowling for Harry Potter.

In collaboration with her son Harry Whittaker, she also devised and wrote a series of books for children called The Guardian Angels.

Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk in England, in 2015 she fulfilled her dream of buying a remote farmhouse in West Cork, Ireland, which she always felt was her spiritual home, and indeed this was where her last five books were written.

Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died on 11 June 2021, surrounded by her family.

From the Back Cover

Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful family home, Admiral House, set in the glorious Suffolk countryside where she spent her childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, Posy knows she must make the agonizing decision to sell it.


Then a face appears from the past – Freddie, her first love, who abandoned her and left her heartbroken fifty years ago. Already struggling to cope with problems amongst her grown-up children, Posy is reluctant to trust in Freddie’s renewed affection. And unbeknown to Posy, Freddie – and Admiral House – have a devastating secret to reveal.


Full of her trademark mix of unforgettable characters and heartbreaking secrets, The Butterfly Room is a spellbinding, multi-generational story from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Seven Sisters series and The Olive Tree.


PRAISE FOR LUCINDA RILEY
‘Delicious reading’ Daily Mail
‘Warm, romantic’ Prima
‘Atmospheric, heart-rending and multi-layered’ Grazia
‘Addictive storytelling with a moving, emotional heart’ Dinah Jefferies

Edition details

• Publisher: Pan
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529014964
• ISBN 13: 9781529014969
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 656