On a butterfly farm in the Maya Mountains, a Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist and author of the national bestseller The Tenth Island
finds enduring hope during cataclysmic times.
Atop a hill in the rainforest of Belize, next to the ruins of a fallen
civilization, a butterfly farm raises the brilliant blue morpho.
What starts out as the worst vacation ever turns into a quest to learn
more about the first-of-its-kind farm when journalist Diana Marcum
inadvertently discovers this wildlife sanctuary, which is supported by
an international live-butterfly trade.
She quickly becomes acquainted with Clive, the whimsical British
millionaire whose childhood passion created an industry, and Sebastian,
the Maya farm manager whose stern expression belies a soft heart. Before
long Diana and her partner, Jack Moody--new to being a couple--have
moved into a long-empty jungle house, cohabitating with bats, scorpions,
toucans, iguanas, and the vulnerable but resilient butterflies.
Just ahead, although they don't know it, are a hurricane and a global
pandemic.
This warm, funny tale of finding a way forward when the world seems to
be falling apart is filled with the beauty of the natural world and a
heartfelt cry to protect it--beginning with butterflies.