Miss Jane
Watson, Brad, 1955-2017
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Inspired by the true story of his own great-aunt, Brad Watson explores the life of Miss Jane Chisolm, born in rural, early-20th-century Mississippi with a genital birth defect that would stand in the way of the central 'uses' for a woman in that time and place - namely, sex and marriage. From the country doctor who adopts Jane to the hard tactile labour of farm life, from the sensual and erotic world of nature around her to the boy who loved but was forced to leave her, the world of Miss Jane Chisolm is anything but barren. Free to satisfy only herself, she mesmerises those around her, exerting an unearthly fascination that lives beyond her still.
Main title:
Miss Jane / Brad Watson.
Author:
Watson, Brad, 1955-, author
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2017.
Collation:
284 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
ISBN:
9781509834334 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
1051152