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One magical story across seven extraordinary generations- -filled with love and faith and hope Twins born beneath an enchanted tree split by lightning- -an enchanted door, enchanted table, enchanted bench A knife thrower, pistol duel, an heirloom opal ring- --spectral soliloquies and premonitions that hit the mark An escaped circus tiger; a runaway slave and conductor- -united as brothers on the Underground Railroad A house ablaze, spinal nerves burning from a football hit- -a cross-country running race to never forget Dreams abandoned, a son abandoned, an abandoned shed- -also, capitalized, Hope and Fayth and Love Seven extraordinary generations in one magical story- -The Butterfly Tree

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"""What a feast Woody Woodburn has prepared for us at this very special Table of tables. Full of unanticipated twists and turns, I had to strap myself into my chair! What a tale, what a treasure, what a time!""-TAVIS SMILEY, broadcaster and author ""The Butterfly Tree will keep you engaged from the first page to the very last. It's an emotional must-read you won't want to put down.""-RHIANNON POTKEY, journalist ""Woody Woodburn is one of the great observers of life. Besides his powerful prose and profound insights, Mr. Woodburn reaches deep into the heart and soul of his readers. His positive outlook on the human experience is contagious and fills the heart with an enduring love for life!""-BARRY KIBRICK, PBS ""Between the Lines"" host"

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"Woody Woodburn was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1960; spent his adolescence in the '70s on the sweet-and-salty-aired coast of Southern California, and graduated from UC Santa Barbara; and for the past four decades has been a national award-winning newspaper columnist-sports originally and general interest for the past fifteen years.Now writing for The Ventura County Star, his honors include Columnist of the Year by the Associated Press News Executive Council, Copley News Service, and E. W. Scripps Newspapers; and induction into The Jim Murray Memorial Foundation's Journalists Hall of Fame and Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame as a journalist.Woody's work has also appeared in The Best American Sports Writing anthology and more than a dozen Chicken Soup For The Soul titles, and he is the author of two nonfiction books-the memoir Wooden & Me: Life Lessons from My Two-Decade Friendship with the Legendary Coach and Humanitarian to Help ""Make Each Day Your Masterpiece"" and Strawberries in Wintertime: Essays on Life, Love, and Laughter.When he is not tapping away on a QWERTY keyboard, Woody can be found padding the pavement, park grass or local beaches as a ""Streaker"" who has run a minimum of three miles (and averaged 11.4 miles) every day without fail since July 7, 2003, for one of the longest officially recognized running streaks in the world.""Woody's Holiday Ball Drive"" has enjoyed an even longer streak while donating nearly one million dollars of new sports balls to underprivileged youth.Longer still, Woody has a marriage streak of forty-one years with his college sweetheart Lisa."

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