A Butterfly’s Cousin

About the Book

A Butterfly’s Cousin is the story of two young women coming of age during the World War II years. Lenore turns every patriotic endeavor into an opportunity to showcase herself. Her cousin Olga is enlisted as an accomplice in clumsy, youthful, romantic escapades. When America enters the conflict, the young men in the Long Island town where the girls live set aside their educations and eagerly enlist to serve the country. While Lenore bemoans the loss of most of her admirers, Olga does all she can to serve on the home front. The patriotism of the men sends them off with the certainty that they will quickly defeat the madman ravaging Europe. They fight tirelessly and eventually succeed in destroying the aggressor. Mature men return home to pick up the threads of the peaceful lives they had expected would be theirs.

About the Author

Bobbie Barton was born to write. It took quite a while for her to get started. Maybe that’s a good thing. Living, learning, loving, losing, raising children, all were great ways of gathering life experiences to become foundations on which to base her stories. She grew up in Brooklyn. That in itself may wind up in a novel some day. She lived in Germany for an extended period, long enough to bear her first daughter. Back in America, she settled down on Long Island, New York, where she became a stay-at-home mom to three children and loved it. She has eclectic hobbies: fishing, theater, museums, traveling, reading, acting in little theater, etc. She traveled extensively later in life. Some of the sites were used as backdrops for her work. In retirement, she found the necessary time to begin writing as a hobby. She plans to live long and write as long as she lives. Friends encouraged her, and readers now reap the benefits. Her earlier novels are the following: —Acceptable Substitutes —An Unwelcome Intrusion —Costly Priorities —Awakened Bellydwellers —Misplaced Devotion —The Flights of the Bellydwellers