New book: Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall

Hi, Brian!

You've asked us workshop attendees to keep in touch with you about our successes, so I just wanted to share with you that my novel Looking for Jane is being published by Simon and Schuster and Hodder Studio on March 1.

It's also been chosen as the Costco Canada book of the month for March, which is very exciting, and will be an Indigo staff pick for March (though that information is embargoed until March 1). 

It was recently featured in the Globe and Mail books section. See here.

Thanks for all your help over the years, I've recommended your workshops to many people!

Best,

Heather Marshall

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Looking for Jane

Heather

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.

Tell them you’re looking for Jane.

2017

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. 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 history, twenty-year-old Nancy Mitchell begins to question everything she has ever known. When she unexpectedly becomes pregnant, she feels like she has no one to turn to for help. Grappling with her decision, she locates “Jane” and finds a place of her own alongside Dr. Taylor within the network’s ranks, but she can never escape the lies that haunt her.

Weaving together the lives of three women, Looking for Jane is an unforgettable debut novel about the devastating consequences that come from a lack of choice – and the enduring power of a mother's love. 

Available from Chapters here or from your local book store.

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