Overview

This is a book about memory and meaning; these texts bring to light the reflections and stories that women have constructed around the objects they have treasured, which in the past may have been deemed unimportant. These objects contain each woman's life experience and act as a foundation for her values and for the development of her character. The objects are often passed along to other women or handed down to family members, thereby connecting generations of women and creating a collective women's history. Culled from interviews with over one hundred different women, these are rich, compelling and even haunting stories, told in the women's own voices.

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A gem of a book about the process and meaning of collecting. --Elizabeth Podnieks, University of Toronto Quarterly This is a book every woman should have, every woman should read, and should have every woman displaying anything that ever mattered to her. I'm sensing a revolution here. --Stephanie Dickinson, Canadian Woman Studies/Les cahiers de la femme

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Dr Kathleen V Cairns is a professor and clinical psychologist with the Division of Applied Psychology at the Faculty of Education, University of Calgary. Over the past twenty-five years, she has published numerous articles on the psychology of women and has maintained a private psychotherapy practice with a focus on women's issues and human sexuality. Prior to her retirement in 2001, Dr Eliane Silverman spent nearly twenty years at the University of Calgary in various roles, including coordinating the women's studies program, advising the president on women's issues, and teaching in the Faculty of General Studies.

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