{"product_id":"butterflies-in-november-9780802123183","title":"Butterflies in November","description":"\u003cb\u003e* Long-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2014 * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I can't remember the last time I was so enchanted by a novel like I am by \u003ci\u003eButterflies in November\u003c\/i\u003e. Zany, surprising, full of twists and turns, it left me breathless. I just love this book.\" --Ann Hood, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Knitting Circle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Obituary Writer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a day of being dumped--twice--and accidentally killing a goose, a young woman yearns for a tropical vacation far from the chaos of her life. Instead, her plans are wrecked by her best friend's four-year-old deaf-mute son, thrust into her reluctant care. But when the boy chooses the winning numbers for a lottery ticket, the two of them set off on a road trip across Iceland with a glove compartment stuffed full of their jackpot earnings. Along the way, they encounter black sand beaches, cucumber farms, lava fields, flocks of sheep, an Estonian choir, a falconer, a hitchhiker, and both of her exes desperate for another chance. What begins as a spontaneous adventure will unexpectedly and profoundly change the way she views her past and charts her future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eButterflies in November\u003c\/i\u003e is a blackly comic, charming, and uplifting tale of friends and lovers, motherhood, and self-discovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuður Ava Ólafsdóttir\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Iceland in 1958, studied art history in Paris and has lectured in History of Art at the University of Iceland. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Greenhouse\u003c\/i\u003e, won the DV Culture Award for literature, was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Award, and translated into twenty-two languages. She currently lives and works in Reykjavik.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press, Black Cat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641988583698,"sku":"9780802123183","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0b9e8b8d-9245-4471-bb7c-1629b557adb4.jpg?v=1733049966","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/butterflies-in-november-9780802123183","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}