Miss Jane

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Call Number: Fiction / Watson, Brad, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Watson, Brad, 1955-
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Watson, Brad	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Watson, Brad, 1955-	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"Astonishing prose brings to life a forgotten woman and a lost world in a strange and bittersweet Southern pastoral. Since his award-winning debut collection of stories, Last Days of the Dog- Men, Brad Watson has been expanding the literary traditions of the South, in work as melancholy, witty, strange, and lovely as any in America. 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.

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Excellent read submitted by tcmi12 on June 20, 2018, 9:07am This book really brings the reader into the world and life of Jane, who was born with a condition that causes incontinence throughout her life. Her story shows her as she navigates not only her condition, but also her role as daughter, sister, community member, romantic interest, and professional. Eminently relatable, at times poetic, you won't want to put this touching story down.

exceptional characters, writing hiding behind simple plot submitted by apknapp on August 16, 2020, 6:26pm There's really not much to this book; the title character is born with a birth defect that largely determines her path in life. Otherwise, it's just the story of one woman's simple life, raised on a farm in the south, in the middle of the last century. But for some reason I couldn't put the book down. The simple characters were enthralling; the uneventful story was gripping. The title character is born with a birth defect that largely determines her path in life. This totally unexceptional book was mesmerizing.