DROPPED THREADS…What We Aren't Told, Canadian Short Stories Edited by Carol Shields & Marjorie Anderson (2001 1st Ed.)

Author: Edited by Carol Shields & Marjorie Anderson. Published by Random House, Toronto, ON., 2001, 1st Vintage Canada Edition. Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with minor cover wear. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9 x 6 inch, 358 pages.

DROPPED THREADS is a collection of short, engaging pieces by more than thirty women, from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island. Many are mothers, some are grandmothers, and many are professionals, including journalists, professors, lawyers, musicians, a corporate events planner and a senator. 

The idea came up over lunch between two old friends. There was a need for a book that, eschewing sensationalism and simplistic answers, would examine the holes in the fabric of women’s talk of the last thirty or forty years. The contributors, a cross-section of women, would be asked to explore defining moments in their lives rarely aired in common discourse: truths they had never shared, subjects they hadn’t written about before or otherwise found a place for. What Carol Shields and Marjorie Anderson wanted to hear about were the experiences that had brought unexpected pleasure or disappointment, that somehow had caught each woman unawares.

The pieces, woven together, would be a tapestry of stories about what women experience but don’t talk about. The resulting book became an instant #1 bestseller.