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

    Written by Maria Housden

    Narrated by Staci Snell

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    About this audiobook

    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJun 14, 2005
    ISBN9781415926352
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    Unraveled: The True Story of a Woman Who Dared to Become a Different Kind of Mother
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    Maria Housden

    Maria Housden is a lecturer, author and passionate advocate for quality of life, particularly for those with terminal illness. She has led bereavement support groups and speaks throughout the US to groups as diverse as church and civic organisations, high school students and medical professionals. For 4 years, she served on the Board of Directors of the Kimberly Fund, a nonprofit organization that raises money for families of children facing life-threatening illnesses.

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