The Butterfly Myths
Stories of the pain, the loss, and the joy we find in discovering who we really are.
A Rose in Ashes
THE SHORT-STORY PREQUEL
Flash forward sixty years. Marie’s daughter Lee stands at her mother’s graveside. Can she finally forgive her for both real and imagined slights and put it all behind her?
On the Wing
THE STORY OF MARIE
It’s 1941. Young songbird Marie longs to fly free of her suffocating mill town. But when music school in Chicago offers a way of escape, someone will stand in her way.
At the Fiery Gates
THE STORY OF TONY
Marie’s father Tony feels he’s dead already, working in the dangerous steel mill they call “Hell with the lid off.” But can he change his ways to save his soul and his family, too?
Against the Stream
THE STORY OF LEE
The last thing Marie’s daughter Lee wants is to be like her mother. But breaking free and making her own way may be harder – and more dangerous – than she thinks.
Trapped Again
THE STORY OF MICHAEL
Now a grown man and an artist in his own right, Marie’s son must come to terms with the family legacy. Will he unravel decades of deceit or succumb to The Butterfly Myths?
