Miss Jane : a novel

Watson, Brad 1955-2020 (author.).

Summary: "Inspired by the true story of his own great-aunt, he explores the life of Miss Jane Chisolm, born in rural, early-twentieth-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 labor of farm life, from the highly 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 mesmerizes those around her, exerting an unearthly fascination that lives beyond her still."--Provided by publisher.

Item details

ISBN: 9780393241730
ISBN: 0393241734
Physical Description: print
284 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2016]

Find similar items by subject

Subject:

Women with disabilities Fiction
Quality of life Fiction
Mississippi
Quality of life
Women with disabilities
Mississippi

Genre:

Historical fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Psychological fiction.

Currently available copies

32 out of 32 copies are currently available at PINES. (Show)
3 out of 3 copies are currently available at Flint River Regional Library System. (Show)
1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Peachtree City Library.