The | Threshing | Floor | Short | Stories | by | Barbara | Burford | [publisher's device] | Firebrand | Books | Ithaca, New York
Originally published in London in 1986 by Sheba Feminist Publishers.
Printed on acid-free paper in the United State by McNaughton & Gunn.
[1] Thanks are due to: Sue Sanders; for caring, constructive criticism at every stage of the writing of this book. Helen Wright; for being the kind of eagle-eyed reader with high expectations, which every writer should number amongst her friends. John Douglas; for sharing his immense computing skills.
[2] Carin von Drehle; Siddy Langham; and Karen Lawrence; of the London Glassblowing Workshop; who not only spent hours answering my questions; showing me the ancient craft of glassblowing, reading and commenting on my manuscript; but, even more importantly, supplying me with the questions, which in my ignorance I had not asked, and the answers to those crucial questions.
[3] Pratibha Parmar at Sheba; for sensitive and invaluable feedback. Thank you all for your help and support.
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Threshing Floor (1987 Firebrand Books edition)
1987 edition, published by Firebrand Books in Ithaca, New York
Short story by Barbara Burford