{"product_id":"we-jane-9781771666701","title":"We, Jane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2022 Amazon Canada First Novel Award\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2021 BMO Winterset Award\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2021 Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2021 Concordia University First Book Prize\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2022 ReLit Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA remarkable debut about intergenerational female relationships and resistance found in the unlikeliest of places, \u003ci\u003eWe, Jane\u003c\/i\u003e explores the precarity of rural existence and the essential nature of abortion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSearching for meaning in her Montreal life, Marthe begins an intense friendship with an older woman, also from Newfoundland, who tells her a story about purpose, about a duty to fulfill. It's back home, and it goes by the name of Jane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarthe travels back to a small community on the island with the older woman to continue the work of an underground movement in 60s Chicago: abortion services performed by women, always referred to as Jane. She commits to learning how to continue this legacy and protect such essential knowledge. But the nobility of her task and the reality of small-town life compete, and personal fractures within their group begin to grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe, Jane\u003c\/i\u003e probes the importance of care work by women for women, underscores the complexity of relationships in close circles, and beautifully captures the inevitable heartache of understanding home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAIMEE WALL\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator. Wall's translations include \u003ci\u003eSadie X \u003c\/i\u003eby Clara Dupuis-Morency, Vickie Gendreau's novels \u003ci\u003eTestament\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDrama Queens\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSports and Pastimes\u003c\/i\u003e by Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard. Her acclaimed debut novel, \u003ci\u003eWe, Jane\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for nine literary prizes including the Amazon Canada First Novel Award, the BMO Winterset Award, the ReLit Award for Fiction, and the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist. Wall was born in Newfoundland and lives in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Book*hug Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525507485970,"sku":"9781771666701","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_52426515-312a-4e6a-acb7-b2234eba0f49.jpg?v=1731223947","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/we-jane-9781771666701","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}