![]() But when the boy chooses the winning numbers for a lottery ticket, the two set off from Reykjavik along Iceland’s Ring Road on a journey of discovery.Īlong the way, they encounter black sand beaches, cucumber farms, lava fields, flocks of sheep, an Estonian choir, a falconer, a hitchhiker, and both of her exes desperate for another chance. ![]() Instead, her best friend’s four-year-old deaf-mute son is unexpectedly left in her care. After a day of being dumped-twice-and accidentally killing a goose, she yearns to escape from the chaos of her life. zany, surprising, full of twists and turns” (Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle and Something Blue).Ī translator of Icelandic, the unnamed young woman who narrates Butterflies in November is perhaps more at home in the world of language than the actual world. A novel of love, friendship, and self-reinvention: “I can’t remember the last time I was so enchanted. ![]()
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