Unravelling

From a small, bogside cabin in rural New England, 38-year-old Aimee Slater unravels the story of her life, attempting to make sense of the tangled thread that leads from her mother's house-a short, unbridgeable distance away-to the world she now inhabits. It is soon after the Civil War; Aimee lives alone, but is graced with visits from two friends, a crippled man and a troubled eleven-year-old girl. She is perpetually caught between the sensual world she so desires and the divine retribution passed down to her by her mother's scorn. How Aimee ultimately creates a life for herself and bridges that distance makes for a moving story of love and loss. Told in a voice of spare New England lyricism, Unravelling is a remarkably haunting account of the power of redemption.

About the author

ELIZABETH GRAVER is the author of Unravelling and The Honey Thief. She teaches at Boston College and lives in Massachusetts

Summary

From a small, bogside cabin in rural New England, 38-year-old Aimee Slater unravels the story of her life, attempting to make sense of the tangled thread that leads from her mother's house-a short, unbridgeable distance away-to the world she now inhabits. It is soon after the Civil War; Aimee lives alone, but is graced with visits from two friends, a crippled man and a troubled eleven-year-old girl. She is perpetually caught between the sensual world she so desires and the divine retribution passed down to her by her mother's scorn. How Aimee ultimately creates a life for herself and bridges that distance makes for a moving story of love and loss. Told in a voice of spare New England lyricism, Unravelling is a remarkably haunting account of the power of redemption.

Product details

• Authors: Graver, Elizabeth Graver
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.08.1999
• EAN: 9780156006101
• ISBN: 978-0-15-600610-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 4531 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical romance, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Family life fiction, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION: Family Life / Siblings, FICTION: Small Town & Rural *, FICTION: World Literature / American / 21st Century, FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, novel;history;fiction;historical;alternate;1998;1999;2000