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Unraveled

The True Story of a Woman, Who Dared to Become a Different Kind of Mother

by Maria Housden
Staci Snell
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As a twelve-year-old girl, Maria Housden’s vision of a happy future included everything that society expects girls to yearn for: a home, a husband, and, of course, children. Life had other plans.
Unraveled is Housden’s riveting and thoughtful story of how, after the death of her young daughter, she found the courage to break away from her role as a wife and stay-at-home mom and strike out on her own in search of a more fulfilling life. Leaving her three surviving children in the primary custody of her husband, Housden faced down the disbelief of friends and family and began a journey that would ultimately lead her not only to the truth about herself, but also to a deeper and more loving connection with her children.
Housden writes about the emotional reckoning that led to her decision and the ways in which she has become the best mother she can be while no longer living with her children full-time. With fierce honesty and the same gift for poignantly beautiful writing that she demonstrated in the bestselling Hannah’s Gift, Housden makes a valuable contribution to our collective conversation about mothering, marriage, and the assumptions we make about the way life is supposed to be. Unraveled is the remarkable story of one woman’s choice not to live every girl’s dream . . . and instead to find her own.

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  • Release date

    June 14, 2005

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415952696
      • File size: 173210 KB
      • Duration: 06:00:51

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      After losing her 3-year-old daughter to cancer (a story Housden told in the acclaimed HANNAH'S GIFT), the author goes to a writer's retreat and falls in love with, and eventually marries, another writer, an act which necessitates her leaving her remaining three children with their father. Staci Snell does a good job narrating this self-engrossed memoir, which is, as it flashes back to the past, terribly sad and often hard to listen to. In a beautiful voice that is both gentle and wise, Snell exposes this woman's choices. One marvels at Snell's ability to read without flinching or weeping as the book raises more questions than it answers. J.C.G. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      After the death of her 3-year-old daughter, Housden, a stay-at-home mom, left her three children in the custody of their father to pursue her own life. What followed was a move to California, a new husband, a writing career, and a renewed relationship with her children. In her narration Housden provides great emotion in a heartfelt but level headed way, an approach that is surprising considering the New Age undertones of her actions and perceptions. Her own narration presents the raw emotion that comes with the territory of major life changes. She starts off slowly but immediately warms up, giving the listener her unique take on life and motherhood in a memorable, although unsettling, package. H.L.S. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 18, 2005
      Housden found motherhood a continual struggle. She yearned to be the dutiful and diligent wife her demanding husband, Claude, wanted. When their second child, three-year-old Hannah, developed cancer, Housden's dreams of a perfect life vanished. Hannah's death soon after the birth of Housden's third child provoked a renewed desire to rectify her marital problems, and she and Claude had a fourth baby. But the wounds of Hannah's death hadn't healed for either parent. And then Housden (Hannah's Gift
      ) met writer Roger Housden and found joy for the first time in years. She divorced Claude and allowed him primary custody of their children, believing that would allow her to be a more loving, attentive mother. Housden's emotional tale alternates between past and present, exploring her choices and revealing her determination to succeed as a writer. Throughout, Hannah's influence over Housden is palpable, and the sections relating to Hannah have the most resonance. With a stronger sense of self, Housden moved cross-country to live with Roger, visiting her children on weekends. Housden's poignant, raw book has no easy answers for life's difficult moments, but her bravery will soothe those enduring similar trials. Agent, BG Dilworth.

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