Books with title Katie's Butterfly

Here is Plum Coyle, on the threshold of adolescence, striving to be new. Her fourteenth birthday is approaching: her old life and her old body will fall away, and she will become graceful, powerful, at ease. The strength in the objects she stores in a briefcase under her bed—a crystal lamb, a yoyo, an antique watch, a penny—will make sure of it.Over the next couple of weeks, Plum’s life will change. Her beautiful neighbor, Maureen, will begin to show her how she might fly. The older brothers she adores—the charismatic Justin, the enigmatic Cydar—will court catastrophe in worlds that she barely knows exist. And her friends—her worst enemies—will tease and test, smelling weakness. They will try to lead her on and take her down.Butterfly is a gripping, disquieting, beautifully observed coming-of-age novel by an acclaimed author at the top of her form.

Here is Plum Coyle, on the threshold of adolescence, striving to be new. Her fourteenth birthday is approaching: her old life and her old body will fall away, and she will become graceful, powerful, at ease. The strength in the objects she stores in a briefcase under her bed—a crystal lamb, a yoyo, an antique watch, a penny—will make sure of it.Over the next couple of weeks, Plum’s life will change. Her beautiful neighbor, Maureen, will begin to show her how she might fly. The older brothers she adores—the charismatic Justin, the enigmatic Cydar—will court catastrophe in worlds that she barely knows exist. And her friends—her worst enemies—will tease and test, smelling weakness. They will try to lead her on and take her down.Butterfly is a gripping, disquieting, beautifully observed coming-of-age novel by an acclaimed author at the top of her form.

Growing up during the 1980s in the safe complacency of the Australian suburbs, Plum Coyle should be happy. But on the cusp of her fourteenth birthday - and on the fringe of her peer group - she lives in terror of the disapproval of her cruel and fickle girlfriends and, most of all, she hates her awkward, changing body with a passion. So when Plum's glamorous next-door neighbour Maureen, a young wife and mother, befriends Plum, Plum responds with worshipful fervour. Plum feels herself reinvented. With Maureen, she becomes the girl she's always wanted to be. But Maureen has an ulterior motive for taking Plum under her wing. . .

I would like to dedicate my book to everyone who lost a love one.I was inspired to write this book when I lost My Friend, My Heart, MY BROTHER. Who is now My Guardian Angel.A life gone to soon, but never forgotten. Your presence is forever remember, at the family cook out, your laughter, your crazy dance move, and sometimes the silly arguments. You was so fearless, when it came to your Family and Friends your protection and the unconditional love was priceless.Is truly missed. My beautiful butterfly you glide around me so graceful and free, I reached my hand out to touch your wing to let you know that you forever live within me. Fly My Beautiful Butterfly Fly You Are Now FREE. ❤️

Here is Plum Coyle, on the threshold of adolescence, striving to be new. Her fourteenth birthday is approaching: her old life and her old body will fall away, and she will become graceful, powerful, at ease. The strength in the objects she stores in a briefcase under her bed ― a crystal lamb, a yoyo, an antique watch, a penny ― will make sure of it. Over the next couple of weeks, Plum’s life will change. Her beautiful neighbor, Maureen, will begin to show her how she might fly. The older brothers she adores ― the charismatic Justin, the enigmatic Cydar ― will court catastrophe in worlds that she barely knows exist. And her friends ― her worst enemies ― will tease and test, smelling weakness. They will try to lead her on and take her down. Butterfly is a gripping, disquieting, beautifully observed coming-of-age novel by an acclaimed author at the top of her form. Advance praise for Butterfly: “Butterfly is a dreamy, lyrical, sad novel. It’s exquisitely written ― you end up rereading sentence after sentence ― and unforgettable.” - Nick Hornby, author of Slam, High Fidelity, and About a Boy “An extraordinary writer. . . . A heart-stopping representation of adolescent girlhood, as strange and riddling and true as fiction gets. . . . Dazzling.” ― The Age (Australia) “Full of insight and wit.” ― The Guardian (U.K.) “Blending the all-too-familiar with a more otherworldly, fairy-tale feel, Hartnett really has the ability to get inside the head of her dazzled teenage protagonist.” ― The Daily Mail (U.K.)