The sound of butterflies

Rachael King

earliest edition we have, 2006 W. Morrow, 2007 338 pages

Sophie Edgar barely recognizes her husband, Thomas, an amateur naturalist, when he returns from the Amazon, where he had hoped to find his long-dreamed-of mythical butterfly, Papilio sophia. The optimistic young Edwardian gentleman is gone, replaced by a weak, nearly mute shadow of the man she married. Unable to break through his heartbreaking silence, Sophie must glean what she can from his diaries and boxes of exqu...

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The sound of butterflies edition · 2008 · Harper Perennial · 338 pages · 9780061357701
The sound of butterflies edition · 2007 · W. Morrow · 338 pages · 9780061357640
The sound of butterflies edition · 2007 · Clipper Large Print · 474 pages · 9781407405520
The sound of butterflies edition · 2006 · Black Swan · 359 pages · 9781869417949

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