Look for Requiem For Locusts and The Unraveling Thread in your local book store or on line. Both feature for the first time in fiction the genetic disorder Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome (Deletion of chromosome 22q11), a common but little known condition.  For more information on VCFS visit the National Institute of Health.

Where is Mary Poppins when you really need her?

Divorced Harriet McWhinnie returns home from her high finance job to discover that the newest Agency person has fled the house, leaving Harriet's young son in the care of her demented (and naked) mother, her teenage adolescent twins (one psychotic, one not) screaming at each other, and a dog that's bonkers. Desperate, she hires Agatha, a middle-aged Native American woman, with a mysterious past and a commanding presence. Such are the tangled threads Cogan weaves in The Unraveling Thread, illustrating both the family ties that bind and the family binds that tie us all to Home.