The Unraveling Thread - Brossura

Cogan, Priscilla; Badalian, Alvart

Brossura

ISBN 10: 192959013X ISBN 13: 9781929590131

Casa editrice: Two Canoes Press, 2008

Riassunto

Where is Mary Poppins today when your really need her? What is the divorced Harriet McWhinnie to do? Despite a career promotion and a six figure salary, everything is falling apart at home. Opal, her octogenarian mother, is slipping into dementia. Her fifteen year old twin girls constantly fight. With multiple physical problems, Sola erupts into psychotic accusations of rape and murder. Ashamed of her twin sister, Luna grows resentful, rebellious, and ready to flee to her father's place. Five year old Justin dreams of the reunion of his divorced parents and Scalawag, the hyperactive Sheltie, is driving everyone crazy. Worst of all, yet another Agency caretaker has fled the scene. Desperate, Harriet hires the stern and outspoken Agatha Stands, a middle-aged Native American with no references, no address, and a concealed past. Harriet's ex-husband, Winston McWhinnie, a powerful politician, soon declares war on this mysterious woman who enchants the children, relies on the paranormal, and encourages Harriet not only to date others but to resist his wily manipulations. While teaching others to confront their issues with dignity and honesty, Agatha must also learn to confront her own history. The Unraveling Thread begins with Opal's telling the myth of Ariadne holding the thread that guided Theseus out of the maze. Opal reminds each family member that they must never drop the threads that will bring them safely back home. But, as modern readers well know, family threads fray from the stresses of caring for parents and children, medical crises, adolescence, and warring parents. Written with compassion, humor, and insight, Priscilla Cogan once again weaves a tale of characters and experiences you won't soon forget.

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L'autore:

Of Irish-American descent, Priscilla Cogan, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, novelist, playwright, and practitioner of pipe and sweat-lodge ceremonies. For many years, she and her Cherokee husband, Duncan Sings-Alone, led inter-tribal spiritual communities, taught workshops in cross-cultural healing and Native American beliefs. Dr. Cogan lives in eastern Massachusetts in the winter and on the Leelanau Peninsula of Michigan during the summer. She is currently writing plays.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Two Canoes Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 192959013X
• ISBN 13: 9781929590131
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 264
• Redattore: Paterson Mary C.
• Disegnatore: Krassa Victoria