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Author:

McKenny, Rachel Mans, author.

Title:

The butterfly effect : a novel / Rachel Mans McKenny.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Alcove Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

328 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Butterflies--Fiction.
Dissertations, Academic--Fiction.
Doctoral students--Fiction.
Entomologists--Fiction.
Estranged families--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Twins--Fiction.
Women doctoral students--Fiction.
Women entomologists--Fiction.
Maturation (Psychology)--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women--Fiction.
Middle West--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters.
Butterflies.
Dissertations, Academic.
Doctoral students.
Entomologists.
Estranged families.
Interpersonal relations.
Man-woman relationships.
Maturation (Psychology)
Mother and child.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women.
Twins.
Women doctoral students.
Women entomologists.
Middle West.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Notes:

Includes reading group discussion questions.

Summary:

Greta Oto, an entomologist, prefers the company of bugs to humans, and people don't seem to like her much, with the exception of her twin brother, Danny, though they recently had a falling out. When she lands a research gig in the rainforest, she leaves them all behind. When Danny suffers an aneurysm, Greta abandons her research and hurries back to the Midwest to be there for him. Coming home means confronting what she left behind, including her lousy soon-to-be sister-in-law, her estranged mother, and her ex-boyfriend Brandon, who runs the butterfly conservatory. Dissertation woes mixed with romantic and family drama create chaos for Greta. Greta must ask herself if she has the courage to open up for the people she loves, and for those who want to love her.

ISBN:

1643855298
9781643855295

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1139390857

LCCN:

2021289492

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames) — Copies: 12 — Kit notes: + 1 CD

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll) — Copies: 10

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City) — Copies: 20

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton) — Copies: 12 — Kit notes: 12 regular print copies and 1 audiobook

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs) — Copies: 10

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah) — Copies: 6

IAOX771 -- State Library of Iowa (Des Moines) — Copies: 11 — Kit notes: 9 regular print, 1 large print, 1 audio CD

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton) — Copies: 5

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London) — Copies: 10 — Kit notes: 1 additional shelf copy, if needed

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa) — Copies: 10