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Author:

McKenny, Rachel Mans,.

Title:

The butterfly effect : a novel / Rachel Mans McKenny.

Edition:

Center Point Large Print edition.

Publisher:

Center Point Large Print

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

421 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Entomologists--Fiction.
estranged families--Fiction.
Twins--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Large type books.
large print books.
Iowa--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Notes:

Regular print version previously published by Crooked Lane Books. Includes discussion questions. Includes bibliographic references (pages 413-415).

Summary:

"Is there such a thing as an anti-social butterfly? If there were, Greta Oto would know about it -- and totally relate. An entomologist, Greta far prefers the company of bugs to humans, and that's okay, because people don't seem to like her all that much anyway -- with the exception of her twin brother, Danny, though they've recently had a falling out. So when she lands a research gig in the rainforest, she leaves it all behind. But when Greta learns that Danny has suffered an aneurysm and is now hospitalized, she abandons her research and hurries home to middle-of-nowhere America to be there for her brother. But there's only so much she can do, and unfortunately, just like insects, humans don't stay cooped up in their hives -- they buzz about and . . . socialize. Coming home means confronting all that she left behind, including her lousy soon-to-be sister-in-law, her estranged mother, and her ex-boyfriend Brandon -- who has conveniently found a new non-lab-exclusive partner with shiny hair and perfect teeth, who can actually remember the names of the people she meets right away. Being that Brandon runs the only butterfly conservatory in town, he's her only hope if she wants to save her dissertation. But taking that job, being back home -- it's all creating chaos in Greta's perfectly catalogued and compartmentalized world. Real life is messy, and Greta will have to ask herself if she has the courage to open up for the people she loves, and for those who want to love her."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1638088268
9781638088264

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1385397293

LCCN:

2023936687

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

JBPC145 -- Coon Rapids Public Library (Coon Rapids)

SHPC094 -- Denver Public Library (Denver)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

XHPD657 -- Glenwood Public Library (Glenwood)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

VPPC384 -- Kling Memorial Library (Grundy Center)

FMPC224 -- Guttenberg Public Library (Guttenberg)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

ZOPC437 -- Woodbine Carnegie Public Library (Woodbine)