The Butterfly Lampshade Av Aimee Bender

<p><b>FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE </b><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i></b><b> BESTSELLER </b><b><i>THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE - </i></b><b>A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK</b><br><br><b>LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD</b><br><b><i><br>''</i><i>The Butterfly Lampshade</i> is an unflinching, empathetic portrayal of a childhood touched by mental illness. As always, Aimee Bender''s respect for the child and the child within translates into wisdom and magic on the page.'' Jing-Jing Lee, author of <i>How We Disappeared</i></b><br><br>On the night her mother is taken to a mental health hospital after a psychotic episode, eight year-old Francie is mesmerised by a lamp adorned with butterflies as she falls asleep. When she wakes, Francie sees a dead butterfly matching the ones on the lamp floating in a glass of water. She drinks it before anyone sees. Twenty-years later, Francie is compelled to make sense of that moment and two other incidents that have haunted her life. But how clos