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.


Author: Elizabeth Graver
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 08/12/1999
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.50w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780156006101

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 08/01/1999 pg. 56
New York Times 08/29/1999 pg. 32
Entertainment Weekly 04/20/2001 pg. 66

About the Author
Graver, Elizabeth: - ELIZABETH GRAVER is the author of Unravelling and The Honey Thief. She teaches at Boston College and lives in Massachusetts