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Loose Threads
Out of print 1998 hardcover.
Glenda Burgess' novel Loose Threads explores the uncommon thread, the way not taken as we compose our lives. How we turn to and from opportunity as we brace our daily moments with choice.
Engaging, fresh, and unforgettable, Loose Threads is about the journey to authenticity and the redemptive power of genuine passion. The novel opens in Washington DC and moves into American embassies around the world in the nineteen-eighties, a time when diplomacy bordered terrorism, and a young diplomat's future was limited only by ambition.
Loose Threads is the story of Ellen d'Ullay, one woman's search for herself across three decades of life. Fast-paced and surprising, with a penchant for paradox and hidden truth, the hearts and minds of Burgess' characters are s interesting as the landscapes we find them in. Burgess' novel eloquently probes the human search for meaning, lasting love, and roots in an unpredictable world.
Glenda Burgess' novel Loose Threads explores the uncommon thread, the way not taken as we compose our lives. How we turn to and from opportunity as we brace our daily moments with choice.
Engaging, fresh, and unforgettable, Loose Threads is about the journey to authenticity and the redemptive power of genuine passion. The novel opens in Washington DC and moves into American embassies around the world in the nineteen-eighties, a time when diplomacy bordered terrorism, and a young diplomat's future was limited only by ambition.
Loose Threads is the story of Ellen d'Ullay, one woman's search for herself across three decades of life. Fast-paced and surprising, with a penchant for paradox and hidden truth, the hearts and minds of Burgess' characters are s interesting as the landscapes we find them in. Burgess' novel eloquently probes the human search for meaning, lasting love, and roots in an unpredictable world.
249 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1998
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About the author
Glenda Burgess
8 books27 followersGlenda Burgess, author of the acclaimed and beloved memoir, THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE, brings readers her latest novel, SO LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER, [September 2019, Black Opal Books]. The Stone sisters, Andi and Marley, queens of country music, almost have it all until a mysterious death and a stalker from the past threaten the sisters promise to stay true to one another and the music that is the heartbeat of the family.
Glenda Burgess is a winner of The Rupert Hughes Fiction Award and a short story finalist for the New Century Writer Award. She won critical acclaim for her memoir, THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE, Broadway Books, 2008. A reader favorite across the globe, Glenda's memoir was named a finalist for the Books for a Better Life Award, and placed in the Top Ten Books of 2008 by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
"I read Glenda Burgess' poignant and harrowing memoir, THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE, in one sitting-- in one breath -- and all I had ever felt about love's ability to vanquish everything, to swallow heartbreak, to correct history, Burgess makes us believe. And in a fashion that reads like a classic novel." - Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean
"Burgess' tender recollections...remind us all that we tend to be defined by our great loves well after we've lived them." - Elle Magazine
Glenda's two previous novels EXPOSURES and LOOSE THREADS, will be republished in 2019 in beautiful new editions from Reputation Books. The author's short stories and book reviews may be found online in select literary journals. She regularly contributes as guest faculty at fiction and memoir workshops and book and writers conferences. Glenda blogs at Quintessence, and invites you to visit her website for book and event news. Glenda is a member of The Authors Guild, PEN America, AWP, and the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. She is represented by Kimberley Cameron of the Kimberley Cameron & Associates Literary Agency.
You may follow Glenda on Facebook: GlendaBurgessBooks, Twitter @GlendaBurgess, and INSTAGRAM @gbgooks.
Glenda Burgess is a winner of The Rupert Hughes Fiction Award and a short story finalist for the New Century Writer Award. She won critical acclaim for her memoir, THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE, Broadway Books, 2008. A reader favorite across the globe, Glenda's memoir was named a finalist for the Books for a Better Life Award, and placed in the Top Ten Books of 2008 by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
"I read Glenda Burgess' poignant and harrowing memoir, THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE, in one sitting-- in one breath -- and all I had ever felt about love's ability to vanquish everything, to swallow heartbreak, to correct history, Burgess makes us believe. And in a fashion that reads like a classic novel." - Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean
"Burgess' tender recollections...remind us all that we tend to be defined by our great loves well after we've lived them." - Elle Magazine
Glenda's two previous novels EXPOSURES and LOOSE THREADS, will be republished in 2019 in beautiful new editions from Reputation Books. The author's short stories and book reviews may be found online in select literary journals. She regularly contributes as guest faculty at fiction and memoir workshops and book and writers conferences. Glenda blogs at Quintessence, and invites you to visit her website for book and event news. Glenda is a member of The Authors Guild, PEN America, AWP, and the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. She is represented by Kimberley Cameron of the Kimberley Cameron & Associates Literary Agency.
You may follow Glenda on Facebook: GlendaBurgessBooks, Twitter @GlendaBurgess, and INSTAGRAM @gbgooks.
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April 18, 2008
The second edition American softcover release of LOOSE THREADS by Glenda Burgess! Go to www.glendaburgessbooks.com to read an excerpt and learn more about this early novel by the author, updated and released in a new edition for 2008.
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