# A Field Full of Butterflies

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- Book: [A Field Full of Butterflies](https://www.bookquiver.com/rosemary-penfold/a-field-full-of-butterflies) ([A Field Full of Butterflies.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/rosemary-penfold/a-field-full-of-butterflies.md))
- Authors: [Rosemary Penfold](https://www.bookquiver.com/rosemary-penfold), [Anna Bentinck](https://www.bookquiver.com/anna-margot)
- Publisher: Orion
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-14-0913-407-7
- Published: 2011-04-14
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

Rosemary Penfold was born in 1938 in a traditional Gypsy wagon, and grew up in the fields of the English countryside. In this beautiful and evocative memoir, she recounts her life within a loving extended family and small but close-knit community. From early memories of her father bringing home oranges during the war, to the simple beauty of a field full of butterflies on a hot summer's day, Rosemary's stunningly elegant narrative captures the love and losses, hopes and struggles, traditions and prejudices that bound her to her family and helped her adapt to a fast-changing world. Rosemary's story is a moving testament to a forgotten world and a rapidly disappearing way of life. Read by Anna Bentinck (p) 2011 Orion Publishing Group