Alix & Georgia Book 7: The Glass Butterfly & the Spirited Bamboo Tree

By Brenda Wardle

One day at sunset, in a city far, far away, sat granny Konko, telling her grandchildren - Karabo, Khutso and Bindi, about a story which in Chinese art, had long been written and spoken about. This, was the story of the Four Junzi - the orchid, the chrysanthemum, the plum blossom, and the bamboo. These four plants represent the seasons of life in all living beings - Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. She also told them about the life-cycle of a glass butterfly called Eustacia, which had one day perched itself atop a petal on a spirited, ancient, bamboo tree. Eustacia breathed new life into the bamboo tree and, once she had done so, traveled for thousands of kilometers across the seas, to find the exact plant where its own life had begun. This short story is about rebirth and renewal. It is a story about hope and the fact that whatever challenges one may face, things, inevitably, change for the better and that sometimes, all one needs to do is to go back to the place where life began!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brenda Wardle
• Release date: Dec 9, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005103361

Brenda Wardle

Brenda Wardle is a South African Doctor of Laws student. She is a prolific author - essayist and poet. Wardle has published books on high profile criminal cases including 'To Kill a Fragile Rose: The State's Case Against Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius" to mention but a few. Her genres span poetry, children's books, fiction and non-fiction. Wardle is Chief Operations Officer at the Wardle College of Law and is a legal analyst of international repute having been interviewed on Sky News by Jeremy Thompson, BBC by Karin Giannone, Fox News by South African Correspondent, Paul Tilsey, SABC by Dumile Mateza. Between 1st January 2017 and 8th April 2017 Wardle has published 15 titles. On the 1st May 2017 she will be publishing her latest book, The Verdict: The Legal Trials and Tribulations of President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (As Politics and the Law, Converge).https://t.co/tWXyidMl4y

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