June lives a dark and secret life of pain at home with her stepmother and stepsister. Not even her father knows what they do. No one will ever know. She is trapped like a butterfly in a net. But then she meets Blister, a boy in the woods. In him and his chaotic big family, June recognises the tiniest glimmer of hope that perhaps she can find a way to fly - far, far away.
Lisa Heathfield launched her writing career with Seed, her stunning YA debut about a cult. Before becoming a mum to her three sons, she was a secondary school English teacher and loved inspiring teenagers to read. Paper Butterflies is her beautiful and heart-breaking second novel. Lisa lives in Brighton.