Unraveled
In 1985, returning to her childhood home on the Philadelphia Main Line-a wealthy enclave of glamour and privilege-- Professor Hillary Sherman wakes up the first night home to find that her usually proper mother, Dolly Scott, has been arrested for trespassing on her former estate, claiming she is desperate to find a treasure trove of jewelry she buried thirty-five tears ago.
Why is the jewelry missing? Who else knew about this secret stash? Was it the delinquent son desperate to run off? Or perhaps it was the religious daughter zealously intent on giving the family's wealth to the church? Could the culprit be the withdrawn, secretive husband, or was it the "faithful" gardener whose housekeeper wife was privy to all the family's goings on?
Alternating between memories of growing up in the 1950s and conversations in the 1980s, a potent brew of secrets, betrayals, and domestic abuse emerges as the young, rebellious Hillary tries to make sense of it all and, years later, finally solves the mystery.
This period family drama explores the inter-dynamic of three generations, the price of pride, and the excesses of youth, Unraveled is a tale rich with found treasures: the bonds of family, and the redemptive power of love.
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