Though eldest sister Odilia dismisses the idea, she acknowledges Juanita’s point that if they notify the authorities, then the area will immediately be swept for other border-crossers. Middle twin sisters Delia and Velia and youngest sister Pita jump at Juanita’s proposal to deliver the body to the dead man’s family and visit their grandmother in the process, in the hopes of finding their father’s whereabouts. She notes that the address is near their estranged paternal grandmother’s house. Juanita, the second oldest of the five girls, searches the man’s person to find a driver’s license with a Mexican address. However, their favorite summer swimming hole is spoiled by the sudden appearance of a male corpse. Though their mother instructed them to stay home and play the card game Lotería, they go hiking and swimming by the Rio Grande.
The same summer, butterflies descend on the area in mass quantities. With their father now gone, the girls’ lives lack structure. The five Garza sisters had been enjoying a summer of hedonism, doing exactly what they wanted when they wanted, while their mother works at a diner. The book opens on the recovery of a dead body on the banks of the Rio Grande. The Garza sisters embark on a quest to find their free-wheeling father but end up rekindling sisterhood, solidarity, and self-love instead.
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