The first novel in ten years from the author of the beloved New York Times
bestseller The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake, a luminous, poignant tale of a
mother, a daughter, mental illness, and the fluctuating barrier between the mind
and the world On the night her single mother is taken to a mental hospital after
a psychotic episode, eight year-old Francie is staying with her babysitter,
waiting to take the train to Los Angeles to go live with her aunt and uncle.
There is a lovely lamp next to the couch on which she's sleeping, the shade
adorned with butterflies. When she wakes, Francie