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‘Three Keys’ is the latest novel from Laura Pritchett. Newly widowed and unemployed, a woman in her mid-fifties sets off on a journey of trespassing and adventure through the American West and beyond in this witty, thought-provoking novel from the PEN USA Award–winning writer.

Pritchett had been using her brother Rex Dean’s song “Butterfly Girl” in the graduate courses she teaches on nature writing. “When my publisher started putting together a Q&A for book clubs and asked what songs the protagonist might be listening to on the road, I thought of songs like John Denver’s ‘Rocky Mountain High’ and Joni Mitchell’s ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ — and my brother’s song.”

Dean and Pritchett grew up with seven other siblings on a ranch in Colorado. Dean is very proud of his little sister’s success as a writer and activist.

“Butterfly Girl” is a song about environmental damage, and the legacy we are leaving for our children.

Dean hopes “Butterfly Girl” strikes a chord, and encourages people to see where real change will come from. “The real opportunity for saving the world is getting money out of politics, and accountability into business, so that our greedy, power hungry business leaders and politicians, who take bribes and make terrible decisions for everyone but themselves, are replaced by leaders who care.”

Laura Pritchett’s seventh novel, “Three Keys” is available wherever books are sold on July 16th. ‘Butterfly Girl’ is available on all major music platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon. Dean has sung for Princess Grace, Leonard Berstein, Ella Fitzegerald, and at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and yet this is his first song in wide release. Dean is also a filmmaker and his first feature, ‘Space Baby and the Holy Grail’ is currently completing a festival circuit before seeking distribution.

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