Other editions of book The Butterfly and the Moonbeam

Who am I? Who do I belong to? Who loves me? Who do I love? What will happen to me? These questions return to us time and again in life, but they are never as poignant as the first time we ask them and find our answers. The journey to womanhood is different for every girl.In this diverse and heart-wrenching debut novel that begins in the rural country of Kentucky in 1978, two sisters create a childhood for themselves among a dark reality they cannot escape. It's a sweeping journey of two lives forever entwined in common experience and love. Kathleen spent the first nine years of her life lost, when the death of her infant brother led her parents into a spiraling void of grief. When Lucy was born, she was life itself. For Kathleen, Lucy was more of a child, than a younger sister. Caring for her gave Kathleen's life meaning, opening her to a new world of love and trust. When a series of tragic events separates them, each embark on their own path. Kathleen desperate to find her sister, and Lucy learning to exist in an unforgiving world without her sister to protect her. 'A moving coming-of-age journey about sisterhood, the tribulations of relationships and lasting love'.