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We, Jane by Aimee Wall
4.0
"Here is what we do. We set it up, we create the network, we leave a number to call and we always always answer, but we otherwise disappear. If we hang on to anything it's that Jane has no face. Jane a great, shifting, multitudinous thanks."
Thoughts ~
An important story about women, friendships, and finding your way home wherever that may be.
I found We, Jane to be a wonderful #canlit debut! This novel starts out in Montreal, focusing on Mathe who is a bit lost in her young life. After her longtime boyfriend leaves her she is longing for something, someone to bring more purpose into her life. Enter Jane, an older eccentric woman who has many stories, one she tells of an underground abortion operation run by women that started in Chicago in the 60's called Jane. These two strike up an interesting friendship that leads them back to a small New Found Land town in hopes of passing on the knowledge and work of "Jane" onto young Marthe. But there is tension within the movement and obstacles of small town life that halt the process.
I loved that this is based around a real movement call Jane that started in 1965. The importance and power of women helping women, performing illegal abortions because there was no other access was so moving. And the idea of all these women being known as Jane collectively was so interesting. Wall has written an important story. I also loved that it was all female characters and showed their intergenerational friendships, though flawed, still beautiful. My only wish is that it had been a bit longer allowing us to delve deeper into Marthe's role in the Jane movement, I wasn't ready to leave these characters.
Thank You @zgstories & @bookhug_press for sending me this book opinions are my own.
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Thoughts ~
An important story about women, friendships, and finding your way home wherever that may be.
I found We, Jane to be a wonderful #canlit debut! This novel starts out in Montreal, focusing on Mathe who is a bit lost in her young life. After her longtime boyfriend leaves her she is longing for something, someone to bring more purpose into her life. Enter Jane, an older eccentric woman who has many stories, one she tells of an underground abortion operation run by women that started in Chicago in the 60's called Jane. These two strike up an interesting friendship that leads them back to a small New Found Land town in hopes of passing on the knowledge and work of "Jane" onto young Marthe. But there is tension within the movement and obstacles of small town life that halt the process.
I loved that this is based around a real movement call Jane that started in 1965. The importance and power of women helping women, performing illegal abortions because there was no other access was so moving. And the idea of all these women being known as Jane collectively was so interesting. Wall has written an important story. I also loved that it was all female characters and showed their intergenerational friendships, though flawed, still beautiful. My only wish is that it had been a bit longer allowing us to delve deeper into Marthe's role in the Jane movement, I wasn't ready to leave these characters.
Thank You @zgstories & @bookhug_press for sending me this book opinions are my own.
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For more of my book content check out instagram.com/bookalong