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Starred Review on May 15, 2016 | Fiction
National Book Award finalist Watson (The Heaven of Mercury) dedicates his second novel to his great-aunt Mary Ellis "Jane" Clay, who as reimagined here lived a full and admirable life despite a severe limitation: she was born in 1930s Mississippi with a genital defect that precluded sexual relations, putting her in the shadows as a woman. Yet from the first page Jane is presented as a fearless woman, a "da...Log In or Sign Up to Read More