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 ...
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June 2008 : Hardback
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June 2008 : Hardback
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May 2008 : Hardback
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January 2008 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
October 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Behaviour of Moths [Large Print]: 16 Point (Large Print Edition) Author(s): Poppy Adams ISBN: 1-4445-0149-6 / 978-1-4445-0149-0 Publisher: Royal National Institute of Blind People Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2009 : Paperback
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2007 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
December 2008 : Audio CD
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June 2008 : Audio CD
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2005 : Audio CD
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June 2008 : Kindle edition
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