The M Word thrillers with stubborn common sense tempered

with stubborn common sense tempered by a sensibility that allows her to see deeply

pastoral comforts and abject horrors — all delivered with the vibrancy

An astonishing

with unsettling and unerring grace

The M Word thrillers with stubborn common sense temperedA CNQ Editors' Book of the Year A Dropped Threads style anthology, assembling original and inspiring works by some of Canada's best younger female writers such as Heather Birrell, Saleema Nawaz, Susan Olding, Diana Fitzgerald Bryden, Carrie Snyder, and Alison Pick The M Word asks everyday women and writers, some of whom are on the unconventional side of motherhood, to share their emotions and tales of maternity. Whether they are stepmothers or mothers