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Once upon a time, in Manitou Hills, there was a home so radiant and vivacious it was christened with its own name: Fleurissant. Now it's in ruins, forgotten and neglected-except by a woman who sees her own life reflected in the broken windows of that house on Butterfly Way...
As a child, from afar, Eugenie Dashner loved Fleurissant and the elegant, youthful fantasies it provided. Now, with a failed marriage behind her, a troubled son at her side, and a contentious and bitter mother to care for, Eugenie returns to the Louisville neighborhood of Manitou Hills to fulfill a dream: buy and renovate the house that once meant so much to her, and maybe, in the process, rebuild her own life.
Day by day, as the house reveals more and more of its forgotten beauty, Eugenie sees her dream come to fruition-especially when the attentions of two men help to reawaken in her feelings of romance and passion she thought were gone forever. As she navigates her rediscovered emotions, Eugenie comes to realize that there is no such thing as irreparable damage-not in herself, not in the house on Butterfly Way, and not in the family who now calls it home...
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Humorous and understated women's fiction that might actually be too understated. Heroine returns to hometown after divorce, fixes up house of her dreams, starts to fix up some family issues as well. The romance was so subtle you might miss it if you blink, and the object of her affection is so old- fashioned and perfect that I kept expecting to learn he was a time traveler. The heroine's brother, a widower with two young kids, might be sequel bait but he barely registers except as another nice guy.
If you like listening to a heroine ramble on for paragraphs at a time in a cute way because she's nervous, this might be the book for you, but I needed a little more action or drama to keep me interested.
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