“The Butterfly Collector” Tea Cooper
Tea Cooper has the reader turning the pages with impatience as the characters evolve, from the late 19th century to the early 20th century.. A surprise of a butterfly costume is sent to Verity Binks, a news correspondent, for a masquerade ball in 1922.. How is it connected to the discovery of a previously unknown butterfly in the 19th century and a missing baby?
Verity’s research into the family of the woman who first saw that butterfly, Theodora Breckenridge, leads her to an unexpected personal connection.. and also reveals the history of the Treadwell Foundation which appears to help ‘disgraced young women’ and their babies. A powerful story, with the horror of attitudes of a different era and the unexpected connections over fifty years… beautifully written as always by Tea Cooper.
Many thanks to Better Reading and the publisher Harper Collins for providing a copy of the book to review.
