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The Memory of Butterflies: A Novel by [Grace Greene]

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To keep devastating family secrets from being revealed, a young mother lies, but her secrets could end up destroying everything, and everyone, she loves. The Memory of Butterflies is a poignant story of family and forgiveness--of knowing when to let go and when to hold each other close.

Hannah Cooper's daughter is leaving for college soon. The change is bittersweet. A single mother since the age of eighteen, Hannah isn't eager to confront the pain of being alone, but she's determined not to let her own hang-ups keep Ellen from the future she deserves. As Ellen's high school graduation approaches, Hannah decides it's time to return to her roots in Cooper's Hollow along Virginia's beautiful and rustic Cub Creek.
With the help of longtime friend Roger Westray, Hannah devotes her energies to building a new house on the site of the old family home, destroyed in a fire more than a decade ago. But Hannah's entire adult life has revolved around one very big secret. And her new beginning comes with unanticipated risks that will cost her far more than she could have imagined--perhaps more than she can survive.
When a confrontation forces Hannah to expose her secret, the truth may destroy her beloved daughter. Hannah is prepared to sacrifice everything to protect her family, but can their lives and their bond withstand the seismic shift that's coming?

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Sometimes our choices influenced our destiny. Sometimes fate stepped in and made those choices moot.
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If you’re living, then mistakes are guaranteed. It makes the successes all the sweeter.
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“The Memory of Butterflies is an emotionally gripping tale of a mother’s love and the secret so great it threatens to destroy her world. Grace Greene masterfully captures the beauty and isolation of Cooper’s Hollow and enriches it with deftly created characters that tug at your heartstrings. A beautiful story, beautifully told.” —Bette Lee Crosby, USA Today bestselling author

“The power of a mother’s love can overcome everything…until secrets and betrayal threaten what means the most. In The Memory of Butterflies, Grace Greene weaves a captivating tale of loss, love, and forgiveness.” —Patricia Sands, author of the Love in Provence trilogy

“Brimming with heartrending choices, The Memory of Butterflies celebrates the unshakable bonds of parental devotion in an uplifting tale of love’s ability to heal the deepest wounds and silence the darkest regrets.” —Christine Nolfi, bestselling author of Sweet Lake and The Comfort of Secrets

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The Memory of Butterflies is a standalone/single title novel set in Grace Greene's Cub Creek environment - a fictional setting in a real place, Louisa County, Virginia, and along Cub Creek itself which runs through the county. If you enjoy the Cub Creek setting, I recommend you give the other Cub Creek books a try: The Happiness In Between, Wildflower Heart, Cub Creek, and Leaving Cub Creek.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01NCV01MG
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lake Union Publishing (September 5, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 5, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2052 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 287 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1542045673
Lending ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #49,390 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #746 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction
- #1,879 in Family Life Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #1,990 in Women's Domestic Life Fiction

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"Stories of Heart and Hope from the Outer Banks to the Blue Ridge"

Grace Greene is an award-winning and USA Today bestselling author of women’s fiction and contemporary romance set in the countryside of her native Virginia (The Happiness In Between, The Memory of Butterflies, the Cub Creek Series, and The Wildflower House Series) and on the breezy beaches of Emerald Isle, North Carolina (The Emerald Isle, NC Stories Series). Her debut novel, Beach Rental, and the sequel, Beach Winds, were both Top Picks by RT Book Reviews magazine. Her most recent release (2020) is A Light Last Seen. Her 2021 release, A Barefoot Tide, brings together both the Cub Creek books and the Emerald Isle, NC books

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DianeL

Very Well written, family secrets, family devotion, and devastating fallout for all involved when certain truths becomes known!

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017

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The Memory of Butterflies by author Grace Green is one of the best books of this year! The pages are filled with family secrets, family devotion, and the devastating fallout for all involved when certain truths becomes known.
Hannah’s grandparents raised her after the deaths of her parents when she was a child. So, Hannah postpones going to college in order to care for her aging grandmother. Although Hannah is mostly isolated from friends, she is invited to attend a party with people she knew from school. This will begin a chapter in Hannah’s life for which she is unprepared.
I do not want to post spoilers, so I will summarize this review by saying the events in Hannah’s life are heartbreaking and the more she tries to cope with the disappointments, the more entangled her truths are intertwined with her lies. Hannah gives her whole life as a caregiver to her grandmother and then to her child, but it is not enough to stop the coming storm of unraveling truths which could destroy her relationship with her daughter. Is it acceptable to lie if the reason is justified and seems to be the best course of action for those you love? A very good story with so many twists!

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A story that will capture your heart...

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017

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"The Memory of Butterflies" by Grace Greene

A moving and emotional novel about love, loss, truth, lies, family, friendship, birth and rebirth.

Grace Greene brings us back to Cub Creek as she tells the story of Hannah and her past and present and how they have come together to affect her future. With her daughter's graduation on the rise, Hannah has begun to rebuild a house in Cooper Canyon, the area she grew up but was destroyed by fire many years ago. As events of Hannah's past intermingle with present day events, she finds that she needs to tell her daughter a secret she has been carrying for decades. What happens from there affects many immediately, as well as their immediate future.

A story of love so strong that one lie, which seems like the right thing to do at the time, and probably was, and was continued for years, may lead to devastating results once it has been told. A story of facing ones truth within oneself and toward others. A story of loss and healing and forgiveness. A story of love so strong it can feel as if where one stops the other begins. A story of accepting grief so one can truly move forward. A story of mending ones heart and removing ones walls.

With amazing characters and a heartwarming and heartrending storyline, "The Memory of Butterflies" will capture your heart and not let it go.

Rating: 4.8
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** I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this novel. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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ann e

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Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2018

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really???
IF (as the story portrays) a child is raised with this kind of love; would it follow that this child could be angry when finding out about the circumstances that brought her into this fortunate situation? …As opposed to questioning the motives; it would seem more appropriate that she be thankful or at least respectful!

(and) A bit to much emotionnal repetition.

BUT, a good storyline, nicely edited & well written.

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Kathy Casey

Lovely and Haunting

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2018

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Lovely and haunting at the same time. The generational events that shape Hannah's life come home to roost on hers. The lies believed and told are passed down like genetics embedded in Hannah's DNA. When her daughter needs clarity at a turning point in her life Hannah steps up and reveals everything no matter the consequences so the past mistakes are not revisited on the next generation.

This story is a lovely escape into the lives of mountain people and the mindset of quiet living and loving families. Seeing why maybe some families might want to remain closed to the outside world. The descriptions of the area and pace of the book are perfect. I couldn't put it down. I loved the ending. I think you will too.

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The difficulty of life's choices

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2021

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The Memory of Butterflies by Grace Greene is a moving story of family, secrets and forgiveness. To keep the family secrets hidden, a young mother lies, but when her secrets are forced to be revealed, it could end up destroying everything and everyone she loves. Hannah Cooper’s daughter, Ellen, is leaving for college soon. The change is bittersweet as she desires her daughter to have the opportunities she was forced to give up but she also isn’t eager for life alone. As Ellen prepares for her senior year and college, Hannah rebuilds the family home that was destroyed in a fire and returns to her roots in Cooper’s Hollow along the beautiful and rustic Cub Creek in Virginia. With the help of her longtime friend, Roger Westray, Hannah begins shifting through the ashes. Soon the secrets she fought hard to keep hidden rise from the ashes and when one rumor circulates, Hannah is forced to reveal her secrets. Can they survive the earth shattering truth?
Once again, Grace Greene writes a story with a tough subject with realism and heart. There is no clear heroine or villain. Sometimes with life’s choices, there are no winners or losers. You feel for Hannah as she is faced with difficult choices as a young woman and now as a mother who raised her daughter alone. It's easy to see the “should have done” choices but what would you have done in Hannah’s shoes? As one character points out, “Life doesn’t always lend itself to clear, easy choices.” There is one particular scene near the end that had me crying my eyes out as Hannah finally faces the pain she has been pushing aside for so long and the realization that she needs to stop hiding, to stop running and face what may come. The reactions and emotions portrayed by the characters are very realistic. It was a fast read. I finished it in a few hours as I couldn’t put it down. I recommend The Memory of Butterflies.

The Memory of Butterflies is available in paperback, eBook, and audiobook.

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Bradley

Ok, but predictable and slow.

Reviewed in Canada on November 8, 2017

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Very slow and predictable. I felt like there were times I wanted to change some of the story to suit my way. Liked to concept but just took way too long to get there, and there were times that the author would start you down a path (like the lock box that went to specialist to get opened and find out what was in it) that seemed to just drop. Make it like a love story it is not way to short and not specific for readers.

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janet

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Reviewed in Canada on December 9, 2019

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Boring

Wendy

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on October 15, 2017

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i loved this book,it was a great story.

Lynda

From the first page.......

Reviewed in Canada on January 17, 2018

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your interest is held, what will happen next & why. Unique ending, right to the last paragraph. Very well written, each emotion is felt by the reader.

shirley nano

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on December 4, 2017

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Loved he book

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