#currentlyreading The Butterfly Lampshade by Aimee Bender - On the night her single mother is taken to a mental hospital after a psychotic episode, 8 yr old Francie is staying with her babysitter, waiting to take the train to LA to go live with her aunt and uncle. Next to the couch on which she’s sleeping, there is a lovely lamp, adorned with butterflies. When she wakes, Francie spies a dead butterfly, exactly matching the ones on the lamp, floating in a glass of water. She drinks it before the babysitter can see. 20 years later, Francie is compelled to make sense of that moment, and 2 other incidents. So far, it is quite intriguing as Francie’s memories unfold slowly revealing her relationship with her mother as well as the others in her family as she tries to figure out the odd incidents and whether she too suffers from the same mental illness as her mother. I look forward to learning all the secrets and hopefully answers to the oddities. #bookstagram #bookgeek #thebutterflylampshade #aimeebender #bookworm #readersofinstagram #booksaboutmentalillness #booknerd #readmorebooks #bookish #reading #bibliophile #mentalillness #books #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookaholicsanonymous #bibliotherapy # https://www.instagram.com/p/CHrYSMRgF86/?igshid=9bcf8gf2f4kp