A Romance Bestseller The Butterfly's Daughter, (Paperback)

from BookConcierge

Book on CD read by the author 2.5** Luz Avila's mother abandoner her when she was a toddler, and she's been raised by her grandmother. Now she sets out on a road trip to take her grandmother's ashes back to her native village in Mexico, an area near the Monarch butterfly sanctuary. I knew this wa...

from rainpebble

Definitely a bit of fluff, this is a nice little story of Hispanic people who are so immersed in the life of the Monarch Butterfly that it is actually a part of their culture. "We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." --Ma...

from auntieknickers

This is the second of Mary Alice Monroe's books I've read in quick succession, and in it I found many of the same themes as in the earlier The Beach House -- estrangement between a mother and daughter, the death of an elder, a pregnant girl fleeing an abusive boyfriend, and the healing found in c...

from gpangel

The Butterfly's Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe is a 2011 Gallery Books publication. A wonderful story of family, forgiveness, traditions, and personal growth- Luz tormented by grief and a bit guilty about not agreeing to accompany her beloved grandmother, Abuela, to Angangueo, Mexico on a quest...

from dgmlrhodes

This was an engaging story about four women and their journies. The story starts when Luz's grandmother passes away and she decides to journey to Mexico to take her ashes to celebrate the Day of the Dead (believed to be the day her spirit returns to her loved ones in the form of a Monarch Butterf...