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    Unfurled

    By Michelle Bailat-Jones

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    "Michelle Bailat-Jones has written a stark, haunting novel that explores the binds of family, of marriage, and of mothering and being mothered. In the wake of Ella’s father’s death, what appears to be an ending is in fact the beginning of unraveling a life’s worth of mysteries, as well as what it means to forgive others and forgive oneself. This is a gorgeous, sea-drenched book of exceptional lyricism that drew me in from the very first page.”—Anne Valente, author of Our Hearts Will Burn Us Down

    "Unfurled is a poignant novel about the chaos of life, and the mind and heart. Bailat-Jones writes with clarity, control, beauty, and a crystalline understanding of people—our fragility and strength, flaws and virtues, wounds and recovery. A wonderful accomplishment." —Ethel Rohan, author of The Weight of Him

    For more than twenty years, Ella has learned to live without her mother, Maggie, who disappeared into a fog of mental illness when Ella turned ten. Despite this trauma, Ella has forged ahead, becoming a veterinarian, getting married, and most of all, developing a deep, trusting bond with her father, John, a ferry captain in Seattle.

    Ella’s contented life is shattered when her father is hit by a car and killed. Going through his papers, she learns that her father maintained a secret relationship with her mother. The unsettling questions raised by her father’s death and her mother’s unexpected reappearance sends Ella on a journey to discover the truth about the woman who abandoned her and the man who raised her, a journey that threatens her marriage, her unborn child, and ultimately, her sanity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIg Publishing
    Release dateOct 16, 2018
    ISBN9781632460769
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    Michelle Bailat-Jones

    Michelle Bailat-Jones is a translator and novelist living in Switzerland. Her translations include Henry Dunant: The Man of the Red Crossby Corinne Chaponnière, both Beauty on Earth and What if the Sun...? by the celebrated Swiss modernist Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, as well as work by Clarisse Francillon, Claude Cahun, Julia Allard Daudet, Laure Mi-Hyun Croset, Timba Bema, and Céline Cerny.  She is the author of two novels, and her shorter fiction, translations, poetry, and criticism have appeared in a variety of journals, both online and in print.

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