Two Canoes Press

	The Unraveling Thread        by Priscilla Cogan Available NOW! Reviews   Description   See All of our Books
	Hardcover List price:  $26.95

 
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.

Reviews

Hardcover List price:  $26.95

Send mail to ITdept@TwoCanoesPress with questions or comments about this web site.
Copyright © 2008 Two Canoes Press