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A Mingled Yarn: Chronicle of a Troubled Family
A Mingled Yarn Chronicle of a Troubled Family Author:Beulah Parker The Carpenter family seemed to have everything--money, status, education, and charm. Yet something was wrong. Very wrong. For in its third generation mental illness struck--three children were emotionally disturbed. — What--or who--was the cause? — Eliot, the father, was a successful man--he made a million by the time he was thirty-five. bBt s... more »uddenly, the money was gone and his interest in living went with it.
Laura, the mother, was an attractive woman. But she was filled with desires and fantasies that could never come true.
Virginia, the eldest daughter, was consumed by hatred. A hatred that made love and life impossible for her.
Eliot, Jr., could not be the man his father wanted him to be. So he looked for love on the streets.
And amy, the younger daughter, was caught in a conflict that almost destroyed her. But she did survive.
And this is her story--the moving story of the Carpenter family told by Amy Carpenter as she lived it.« less