looking for jane a novel by heather marshall

Weaving together the lives of three women, Looking for Jane is an unforgettable debut about the devastating consequences that come from a lack of choice-and the enduring power of a mother’s love. Taylor within the network’s ranks, but she can never escape the lies that haunt her.

The story kicks off with a striking prologue: A letter informing Nancy that she was adopted is misdelivered, then misplaced. Grappling with her decision, she locates “Jane” and finds a place of her own alongside Dr. Gripping from the moment it begins, Heather Marshall’s novel Looking for Jane is getting a well-deserved re-release to hit the post-Roe v. When she unexpectedly becomes pregnant, she feels like she has no one to turn to for help. Despite harrowing police raids and the constant threat of arrest, she joins the Jane Network as an abortion provider, determined to give other women the choice she never had.Īfter discovering a shocking secret about her family history, twenty-year-old Nancy Mitchell begins to question everything she has ever known. Evelyn Taylor was sent to a home for “fallen” women where she was forced to give up her baby for adoption-a trauma she has never recovered from. Visit her website and connect on social channels at. She completed masters degrees in Canadian history and political science, and worked in politics and communications before turning her attention to her true passion: storytelling. Her search takes her back to the 1970s when a group of daring women operated an illegal underground abortion network in Toronto known only by its whispered code name: Jane.Īs a teenager, Dr. Heather Marshall lives with her family near Toronto.

When Angela Creighton discovers a mysterious letter containing a life-shattering confession in a stack of forgotten mail, she is determined to find the intended recipient. For readers of Joanna Goodman and Genevieve Graham comes a masterful debut novel about three women whose lives are bound together by a long-lost letter, a mother’s love, and a secret network of women fighting for the right to choose-inspired by true stories.

Looking for jane a novel by heather marshall