What connects a botanical illustration of a butterfly with a missing baby and an enigma fifty years in the making? A twisty historical mystery from a bestselling Australian author.
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What connects a botanical illustration of a butterfly with a missing baby and an enigma fifty years in the making? A twisty historical mystery from a bestselling Australian author.
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This is first of Tea Cooper's books I've read. Won't be the last. You ready for an adventure to Australia? Theodore has lost her parents and brother at sea. She discovers a unique butterfly. I learned a lot about butterflies I didn't realize. Claire's baby boy goes missing and Baby Farms are exposed. I felt for the Mother's. Verity is sent a butterfly costume to wear to a ball. Adventure begins. Clean book. Historical. I highly recommend.
Claudia
Nov 28, 2023
Recommended
I truly enjoy learning something of Australia's history through Tea Cooper's historical fiction. Of course I appreciate her historical notes at the end which help me to separate fact from fiction. The Butterfly Collector is a dual timeline story that centers around the horrible but lucrative baby farming business in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As Verity Binks, a fledgling journalist, researches a well known charity that assists unwed, expectant mothers, she stumbles across the long running existence of a baby farming operation originating in the town of Morpeth. Further exploration revealed her own family's connections, both past and present.
The Butterfly Collector is a clean work of fiction that deals with a difficult reality. I believe this well-written, sensitive story will appeal to readers of Christian and secular historical fiction. Even though it does not include a Christian element, it but does have a strong theme of social justice. Cooper skillfully unfolds the story of Verity's family maximizing reader engagement with the story and encouraging bonding with the story's characters.
I am grateful to have received a complimentary copy of The Butterfly Collector from Harper Muse without obligation. All opinions expressed here are my own.
