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Chargement... We, Jane (édition 2021)par Aimee Wall (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This book is billed as a story of an underground network of women, all known as "Jane", who provide abortions in un-serviced, rural areas. But it isn't really. One character has had an abortion in the past, and one or two procure the service during the book, with little dwelling on the fact or details. Rather, this is a book about women taking control of far more than their reproductive rights. It's about doing things "our way", forging strong bonds of friendship or sisterhood with or without friendship. It's a great character driven story of strong women, or those on their way to becoming strong. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Longlisted for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller PrizeA remarkable debut about intergenerational female relationships and resistance found in the unlikeliest of places, We, Jane explores the precarity of rural existence and the essential nature of abortion.Searching 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.Marthe 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.We, Jane 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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Marthe is from Newfoundland but has lived and worked in Montreal for at least 10 years. Her long time boyfriend recently decided to move back to Sweden and her job as a barista in a coffee shop is not fulfilling (to say the least). Soon after she met her boyfriend she had become pregnant and decided to have an abortion. She doesn't regret that decision but it was a significant event in her life. She goes to a meeting that involves women who want to become doulas which Marthe understands to include assisting at abortions as well as births. She meets Ruth, an older woman also from Newfoundland who shares her interest in abortion provision. Ruth tells her about a women that she lived and trained with in Newfoundland who acted as a healer and midwife and occasional abortion provider. Trish still does this but she wants other women to carry on her work. Ruth suggests that the two of them return to Newfoundland where Marthe can meet Trish and learn from her. Trish is a lesbian and is in a relationship with a neighbour, Therese. There is also an American woman, Jenny, who comes to the town every summer. Jenny first told Trish and Ruth about the Jane movement in the US that consisted of a group of women who helped procure safe abortions before Roe v. Wade made abortions legal. Marthe likes to think of this group of Newfoundland women as carrying on the Jane movement and thus the title of the book.
This is certainly a relevant book given the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US. Even in Canada women outside of major centres, like the interior of Newfoundland, have difficulty accessing safe, timely abortions. I just found the story line meandered for too long before getting to the critical question of whether Marthe would carry on Trish's work. ( )