The Language of Butterflies by Wendy Williams

The Language of Butterflies by Wendy Williams

This book came out in 2020, and the subtitle is How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World's Favorite Insect.

If you're a fan of blue morpho butterflies, you'll love the cover of Wendy's book because it is covered with a kaleidoscope of blue morpho butterflies. So it's impossibly beautiful.

And Wendy's book is a five-star book on Amazon.

Now, Wendy is an author who loves spending time outdoors. She loves skiing and horseback riding. (In fact, her first bestselling book was The Horse.) Wendy has traveled the world in Africa, Europe, and North American mountain chains and prairies.

But when it comes to just regular daily life, Wendy lives in Cape Cod in Massachusetts with her husband and her Border Collie, Taff.

I love Wendy's writing because she's very conversational. I also like how she organized this book into three main sections: the past, the present, and the future.

And then, to show you how friendly her writing is, her chapters have very intriguing titles. In the section on the past, there's The Gateway Drug, The Number One Butterfly, and then How Butterflies Saved Charles Darwin's Bacon. (Great chapter.)

Chapters in the present include A Parasol of Monarchs, The Honeymoon Hotel, and On The Rain Dance Ranch. There is a great story there.

In the future section, Wendy's chapters include The Social Butterfly, The Paroxysms of Ecstasy, and The Butterfly Highway.

Wendy is right; butterflies are the world's most beloved insects. They've been called flying flowers, and gardeners are passionate about them. Many gardeners today are working to help save the Monarch from extinction.

Now, The Washington Post said this about Wendy's book,

Williams takes us on a humorous and beautifully crafted journey that explores both the nature of these curious and highly intelligent insects. And the eccentric individuals who coveted them.

And, of course, most of those folks were scientists and or botanists. So I love this book, and I love all of those stories.

This book is 256 pages of butterflies. It's eye-opening and tender.

It's an incredibly profound look at butterflies—a butterfly biography—and it examines their vital role in our world.

You can get a copy of The Language of Butterflies by Wendy Williams and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $2.