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The Unraveling Thread
Where is Mary Poppins when you really need her?
The Unraveling Thread tells the
story of a family exploding in crisis. Harriet McWhinnie, a divorced but
successful career woman, arrives home to discover that yet another Agency
person has fled, leaving behind Harriet’s sweet but demented mother, her
adolescent twin girls, one psychotic with an undiagnosed genetic disorder,
the other rebellious and resentful of her disabled sibling, a little five
year old boy yearning for the return of his father, and an hyperactive dog
who drives everyone crazy.
Desperate, Harriet hires a middle-aged, Native American woman, Agatha, with
no references, no address, and a past steeped in mystery. Stern but loving, Agatha forces
each family member to work through their issues with honesty and dignity
while hiding from her own grief. In the end, the story’s
memorable characters each learn how to pick up the threads of both love and
self respect that will pull them out into the harsh world and then lead them
back home.
Topics Covered
• This story is the first time that the relatively common, but severely
under-diagnosed chromosomal disorder, Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome, has ever
appeared in fiction.
• As typical of Dr. Cogan’s previous novels, the clash of the Anglo and
Native American cultures casts a different light on the issues facing many
American families.
• The story of a career woman, caught in the sandwich generation, taking
care of both her parent and her children, is one that will resonate with
many readers, as will the story of a family overwhelmed with medical
problems. It is the kind of page-turning novel which will tug on the
reader’s heart. 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.
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Events and Workshops |
Saturday, April 4
Workshops by Grandfather Singsalone:
Walking In Beauty: A Native Path To Deep Spirituality.
Harmony Center in Medfield, MA
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Friday, April 17 Workshop by Dr. Priscilla Cogan
Running on Empty: When Busy-ness Substitutes for a Spiritual
Center.
Rockville Cnetre, NY
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Events for
Wendy Parciak |
Thursday, Apr. 2
12 - 2 pm
Fremont Place Books
Book signing and reading
621 N 35th St, Seattle, WA |
Saturday, Apr. 4
7 pm
Orca Books
Book signing
509 E 4th Ave, Olympia, WA |
Thursday, Apr. 23
Awards Presentation for Montana Book Award Winners
Montana Library Association Conference
Hilton Garden Inn,
1840 Highway 93 South, Kalispell, MT |
Saturday, Apr. 25
12 - 2 pm
Montana Book Company
Book signing
331 North Last Chance Gulch
Helena, MT |
Saturday, May 2
1 - 3 pm
Books & Books
Book signing
206 W. Park St
Butte, MT |
Wednesday, May 6
11 am - 1 pm
MSU Bookstore
Book signing
125 Strand Union Bldg Bozeman, MT |
Saturday, May 9
1 - 2:30 pm
Auntie's Bookstore
Book signing
402 W. Main Street, Spokane, WA |
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