Young Lobbi was preparing to leave his childhood home, his autistic brother, his octogenarian father, and the familiar landscape of mossy lava fields for an unknown future. Soon before his departure, he received an awful phone call: his mother was in a car accident. She used her dying words to offer[...]
"I can't remember the last time I was so enchanted by a novel like I am by "Butterflies in November." Zany, surprising, full of twists and turns, it left me breathless. I just love this book." -Ann Hood, author of "The Knitting Circle" and "The Obituary Writer" After a day of being dumped twice and [...]
Young Lobbi was preparing to leave his childhood home, his autistic brother, his octogenarian father, and the familiar landscape of mossy lava fields for an unknown future. Soon before his departure, he received an awful phone call: his mother was in a car accident. She used her dying words to offer[...]
'Gorgeously quirky' Stylist 'Evocative and humorous' Observer 'Beguiling' Guardian It's been a tough day. She's been dumped. Twice. She's accidentally killed a goose. And now she's suddenly responsible for her best friend's deaf-mute son. But when a shared lottery ticket turns the oddly matched p[...]
For Lobbi, the tragic passing of his mother proves to be a profound catalyst. Their shared love of tending rare roses in her greenhouse inspires him to leave his studies behind and travel to a remote village monastery to restore its once fabulous gardens. While transforming the garden, he is surpris[...]
Lobbi är en ung islänning som ärvt en passion för trädgård och rosor av sin tidigt döda mor, nu drömmer han om att ge nytt liv åt en nästan bortglömd klosterträdgård i södra Europa. Han lämnar Island, sin far och sin autistiske yngre bror, men också den unga kvinna som han fått [...]