Dropped Threads: What We Aren't Told (signed)

Shields, Carol / Anderson, Marjorie (editors)

ISBN 10: 0679310711 / ISBN 13: 9780679310716

Published by Vintage Canada / Random House of Canada, Toronto, Canada, 2001

About this Item

Second printing. Signed by Carol Shields on title page. Cover lightly rubbed along edges and on corners, first 5 pages lightly dog-eared, stain along fore edge of final 12 pages, "Autographed Copy" sticker on cover, else very good.

Seller Inventory # 001641

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dropped Threads: What We Aren't Told (signed)
• Publisher: Vintage Canada / Random House of Canada, Toronto, Canada
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679310711
• ISBN 13: 9780679310716
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Canadian
  • Fiction - General

About this title

Synopsis

The hidden emotional territory of women's lives--from the joys of belly dancing to the agony of caring for a dying child--is revealed in the pages of Dropped Threads: What We Aren't Told. Editors Carol Shields and Marjorie Anderson bring together 34 eclectic and engaging pieces by renowned authors (e.g. Margaret Atwood and Bonnie Burnard) as well as women whose day jobs include politics, child-raising, and cattle ranching. Marni Jackson's "Tuck Me In" is an entertaining account of conflicts with a teenage son who considers shampoo a culturally imposed artifact. Perhaps the most powerful essay is "Edited Version," in which Isla James describes her dying child's last days at home....