Chasing The Butterfly Soars Above Loss And Pain

RALEIGH, N.C. - Oct. 16, 2014 - PRLog -- In Jayme Mansfield’s debut novel, Chasing the Butterfly, the beauty of southern France provides an idyllic setting through which artist Ella Moreau searches for the hope and love she lost as a young girl. Ella’s journey is portrayed through the eyes of … a heartbroken child as her mother abandons the family … a young woman surviving the tumultuous times surrounding World War II … and a reflective adult. Through a series of secret paintings, her art becomes a substitute for lost love—the visual metaphor of her life. But when her paintings are discovered, the intentions of those she loves are revealed.

Readers will experience the vivid imagery of southern France and Paris through the eyes of Mansfield, an author who is also an artist. Along Ella’s journey, Chasing the Butterfly ignites the hearts of readers who are searching for meaning in an often compromised and scattered existence. As Ella navigates the trials and tragedies of her life, those passionate for art and its transforming power will want to journey across the Atlantic to join Ella in her search for hope and love through the difficult terrain of forgiveness.

In Chasing the Butterfly, the butterfly serves as a powerful metaphor for Ella’s struggle to transform and become the young woman she was destined to be.

Praise for Chasing the Butterfly:

Mansfield weaves a story of beauty in the midst of survival and ultimate forgiveness ~ DiAnn Mills, award-winning fiction writer

This book evokes emotions of many kinds…feelings of pain & loss, love, passion, abandonment, and so much more! It moves quickly and is definitely a page-turner. ~  Amazon review

I highly recommend reading Chasing The Butterfly by Jayme Mansfield. I am looking forward to reading more books by Jayme Mansfield. ~ Amazon review

What a powerful captivating read! It has all the elements of a great novel. This book is thought-provoking, creative, artsy, romantic, tragic, wonderful, a book I could not put down, a book I will pick up and read again. ~ Amazon review

To Purchase Chasing the Butterfly, visit http://www.amazon.com/dp/1941103375/

Jayme Mansfield debuts her fiction career with Chasing the Butterfly. Her vivid, literary voice grows out of melding pursuits as an artist and owner of Piggy Toes Art Studio in Lakewood, Colorado, with extensive travels and adventures with her husband and three boys. To pass on a passion for story, she teaches the reading and writing process as an elementary school language arts teacher in Colorado. Jayme’s interest in her artists expands past paint and paper as she invites her students to discover talents, rejoice in blessings, and find a peace that is often compromised in the hectic pace of life. Learn more about her at www.jaymemansfield.com.