dot hutchison the butterfly garden series

Life in the Garden came to a head shortly after the Gardener’s youngest son, Desmond, learned what was happening there. These cases lined the hallways of the rooms where the girls lived, serving as constant reminders of what would happen to them if they aged out, tried to escape, or misbehaved. During the years that Inara was kept in the Garden she learned that when the girls turned twenty-one they were killed and their bodies were preserved and sealed in glass cases filled with resin. Inara was raped by the Gardener and given a new name, Maya, when her tattoo was finished. During that time she was marked by the Gardener with the tattoo of butterfly wings on her back, as were the other girls who were kept there. Inara was kept in the Garden for two years. A couple of weeks after a Madame Butterfly themed event at the restaurant where Inara worked she was kidnapped by the Gardener and his son, Avery. Among these girls was a woman named Sophia who was a former prostitute and drug addict and who was trying to get clean so she could get custody of her children. Although she was still a teenager, Inara got a new identity, a job, and moved into an apartment with a group of girls.

When her parents divorced, Inara was sent to live with her grandmother because neither of her parents wanted her.Īfter her grandmother’s death, Inara ran away to live in New York.

This was the last time Inara can remember crying. When she was only six, her parents left her sitting on a carousel while they walked off and left her alone. Instead of being broken, Inara believes she is a shadow child-one who is ignored. When he begins questioning her, Victor learns that Inara has been a victim for most of her life. Themes include the reality of illusions and the limits of beauty.Īs Victor watches Inara in the interview room he thinks that she does not looks like a victim. The novel follows as she tells her story to FBI agents Victor Hanoverian and Brandon Eddison. When the girls were discovered by the FBI, Inara was taken in for questioning. As one of his butterflies, Inara soon became a leader among the girls. Teenage Inara was living with a group of friends in New York when she was captured by the Gardener, a man who tended a secret garden he filled with beautiful girls marked with tattoos of butterfly wings.

Shadow child Inara Morrissey learns that sometimes people do come back in the novel The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison. NOTE: All citations in this Study Guide refer to the Kindle version of The Butterfly Garden, published by Thomas & Mercer, June 1, 2016.

Dot hutchison the butterfly garden series