the butterfly women

The Butterfly Women

Book Review: Melbourne’s seedy underbelly is exposed in Madeleine Cleary’s sparkling debut The Butterfly Women

1863 Melbourne comes to life in Madeleine Cleary‘s much buzzed about debut novel, The Butterfly Women, released earlier in the month through Affirm Press. A publishing imprint making a name for itself in historical fiction, Cleary joins renowned historical fiction writer Pip Williams (The Dictionary of Lost Words), as well as a growing list including the…

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