In 2030 Christchurch, the sea is tearing off mouthfuls of land, toilets hurl their contents into houses, the council is letting suburbs fall apart, and energy quotes are keeping everyone home. Julia, Lynda and Fran are running “Humans with stories workshops, helping people find common ground and mutual support through storytelling. The group’s cohesion is tested when they discover some of their members bombed a coal ship as a climate-change protest. Threads of connection is a story of how friendship and community can help us move forward into an uncertain future. (Novel)