The Behaviour Of Moths by Poppy Adams

The Behaviour Of Moths by Poppy Adams

From her lookout on the first floor, Ginny watches and waits for her adored younger sister to return to the crumbling mansion that was once their idyllic childhood home. Vivien has not stepped foot in the house since she left, forty seven years ago; Ginny, the reclusive lepidopterist, has rarely ventured outside it. The remembrance of their youth, of loss, and of old rivalries plays across Ginny's mind. Why is Vivi coming home? Ginny has been selling off the family furniture over the years, gradually shutting off each wing of the house and retreating into the precise routines and isolation that define her days. Only the attic remains untouched. There, collected over several generations, are walls lined with pinned and preserved Bordered Beauties and Rusty Waves, Feathered Footmen and Great Brocades, Purple Cloud, Angle Shades, the Gothic and the Stranger ...

'The Behaviour of Moths by Poppy Adams is a debut and new and emphatic voice; this story of the reunion of two batty sisters in their huge and crumbling house completely grips and the lepidopteran theme is totally convincing' Rodney Troubridge, Waterstone's

Aged 34, Poppy Adams is a documentary filmmaker with a Natural Science degree who has made films for the BBC, Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel. She has three children and lives with her husband in London.

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ISBN 13	9781844084869
ISBN 10	1844084868
Title	The Behaviour Of Moths
Author	Poppy Adams
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2008-05-01
Number of pages	320
Prizes	Short-listed for Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2009, Short-listed for Costa First Novel Award 2008
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