Looking for Jane

Looking for Jane

First Atria Books hardcover edition

Hardback (07 Feb 2023)

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Publisher's Synopsis

"In this powerful debut novel inspired by true stories, three women's lives are bound together by a long-lost letter, a mother's love, and a secret network of people fighting for the right to choose. 2017: When Angela Creighton discovers a mysterious letter containing a life-shattering confession, she is determined to find the intended recipient. 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. 1971: As a teenager, Dr. 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. 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. 1980: After discovering a shocking secret about her family, twenty-year-old Nancy M

Book information

ISBN: 9781668013687
Publisher: Atria Books
Imprint: Atria Books
Pub date:
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20220912
Language: English
Number of pages: 385
Weight: 570g
Height: 236mm
Width: 163mm
Spine width: 36mm