Looking For Jane

Looking For Jane

Blurb

Just tell them you're looking for Jane...'

2017

When Angela discovers a mysterious letter containing a life-shattering confession in a stack of forgotten letters, she begins to look for the intended recipient. Her search takes her to the 1970s and 80s, when a group of daring women operated an illegal underground abortion network known only by its whispered code name: Jane . . .

1971

As a teenager, Dr. Evelyn Taylor was forced to give her baby up for adoption. Swearing she'll do everything she can to make sure other women have the right to choose, she joins the Jane Network to provide safe but illegal abortions. There, she crosses paths with Nancy, who was told that if she ever found herself 'in a position', she should ask for Jane. Nancy soon becomes the Network's newest volunteer, desperately trying to help others while family secrets threaten everything she knows to be true.

Over the years, Evelyn, Nancy, and Angela's lives intertwine to reveal the devastating consequences that come from a lack of choice, and the buried secrets that will always find a way to the surface . . .

Spanning decades, Evelyn, Nancy, and Angela's lives intertwine to reveal the devastating consequences that come from a lack of choice, and the buried truths that will always find a way to the surface...


Our Review

'Just tell them you're looking for Jane...'

Looking For Jane by Heather Marshall deals an emotional sucker punch. It is essentially a story about motherhood and the choices around that. Don't mistake this as a novel simply about abortion, it is so much more than that. 

Looking For Jane is a superb novel with a sadly relevent message considering events currently happening In America, among other places. 

Whilst this is a fictional story, it is clearly based on very real events and phenomenal people. It has made me want to read more widely on this subject. 

I read Looking For Jane in one sitting.

 

Our Final Rating...

Our Rating

  • Currently 5/5

Read & Shared 41 Times.

I hope you enjoyed this book review, please consider sharing it with others.

Get In Touch

Please feel free to leave a comment to this book review below. Or even leave your own review if you like.
If you run a blog and/or have posted a review to this book, a Q & A or general author interview online you can always add a trackback to it here and following moderation we'll add a link to it below.

Loading...