{"title":"Anderson Marjorie May","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"dropped-threads-beyond-the-small-circle-book-anderson-marjorie-may-9780679313854","title":"Dropped Threads: Beyond the Small Circle","description":"In the tradition of the bestselling \u003cb\u003eDropped Threads \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eDropped Threads 2\u003c\/b\u003e comes this new collection of essays from well-known writers and new voices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEver since the publication of the first two \u003cb\u003eDropped Threads\u003c\/b\u003e books, readers and writers have longed for another installment -- and here it is. For this collection, editor Marjorie Anderson took a new thematic path, searching out pieces that don't necessarily focus on what women \u003ci\u003ehaven't been told\u003c\/i\u003e, but rather on what they \u003ci\u003ehave to tell\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003cb\u003eDropped Threads 3: Beyond the Small Circle\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethirty-five women open up their own small circles of experience to others in ways that not only illuminate the lives of individual women but add more threads to the already-rich tapestry of our collective conversation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese essays focus on personal discoveries that, for various reasons, need to be shared: the writers tell us about family secrets, sexuality, rebellion, crevices of deep joy or regret; about finding connections to nature, to animals, to a tribe to which one can belong; about embracing forgiveness, kindness, and new perspectives beyond the circle of individual sight. Barbara McLean tells us of the sister she never knew, and how recovering her story shed light on how grief can take so many different forms. June Callwood explores the continuity that flows between mothers and daughters, and the mysterious, chance happenings that form\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003echaracter. Frances Itani writes about how the voices of the women in her family - her aunts and grandmother relaying stories around the kitchen table - are as integral to her life as her own genetic code. Melanie Janzen sees connections between a Ugandan women's collective and the neighbourhood women of her childhood, but has trouble finding a similar community of support in her own life today. And in all of the pieces, there is a powerful sense that the understanding that comes from writing and reading can enrich our lives beyond measure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Marjorie Anderson writes in her foreword, we trust first-person narratives precisely because they give us an inside view into someone else's world; here, as in the best of our personal conversations, there are no assertions of absolute truth, no earth-shaking revelations or attempts to manipulate another's belief, just individual voices making individual claims on the discovery of meaning. With \u003cb\u003eDropped Threads 3: Beyond the Small Circle\u003c\/b\u003e, Anderson has created a forum in which Canadian women can share their personal discoveries with honesty, insight and humour. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarjorie Anderson (foreword)\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003cbr\u003eJune Callwood\u003cbr\u003eTracey Ann Coveart\u003cbr\u003eLorna Crozier\u003cbr\u003eAndrea Curtis\u003cbr\u003eNorma DePledge\u003cbr\u003eMaggie de Vries\u003cbr\u003eM.A.C. Farrant\u003cbr\u003eLiane Faulder\u003cbr\u003eNatalie Fingerhut\u003cbr\u003eLorri Neilsen Glenn\u003cbr\u003eMarie-Lynn Hammond\u003cbr\u003eHarriet Hart\u003cbr\u003eFrances Itani\u003cbr\u003eMelanie D. Janzen\u003cbr\u003eGillian Kerr\u003cbr\u003eChantal Kreviazuk\u003cbr\u003eSilken Laumann\u003cbr\u003eJodi Lundgren\u003cbr\u003eAnn-Marie MacDonald (introduction)\u003cbr\u003eC.B. Mackintosh\u003cbr\u003eHeather Mallick\u003cbr\u003eBarbara McLean\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Mitchell\u003cbr\u003eBernice Morgan\u003cbr\u003ePatricia Pearson\u003cbr\u003eBeth Powning\u003cbr\u003eJudy Rebick\u003cbr\u003eSusan Riley\u003cbr\u003eLauri Sarkadi\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Scott\u003cbr\u003eJodi Stone\u003cbr\u003eCathy Stonehouse\u003cbr\u003eJ. C. Szasz\u003cbr\u003eAritha van Herk\u003cbr\u003eJanice Williamson","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49518790836497,"sku":"GOR002134710","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49611229987089,"sku":"GOR013633346","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50177258160401,"sku":"CIN0679313850G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50288690757905,"sku":"CIN0679313850VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0679313850.jpg?v=1750743488"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-anderson-marjorie-may.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}