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From the #1 bestselling Canadian author of Looking for Jane comes a riveting novel about one journalist's harrowing journey into an infamous real-life 1960s women's prison—and the detective who uncovers her story decades later.
1961: Emily Radcliffe works as an editorial assistant at Chatelaine magazine, surrounded by the best female reporters in the country whose articles tackle the controversial topics no other women's publication dares to touch. When a bombshell letter from an inmate at the notorious Mercer Women's Prison lands on Emily's desk, she sees the scoop of a lifetime—one that could launch her career as a journalist. But after going undercover to investigate the inmate's shocking claims, Emily discovers that getting into the prison is the easy part; the real challenge will be getting back out . . .
1996: Unidentified female remains are discovered in an unmarked grave in a small-town Ontario cemetery, and Detective Rachel Mackenzie is tasked with unraveling the mystery. But when the investigation leads her to the now-shuttered Mercer Women's Prison, the family trauma she's kept buried for years threatens to surface.
Inspired by true events, Liberty Street is at once poignant and dazzling—an unforgettable, intertwining story about resilience, mental health, and the power of female connection.
Harrowing and powerful
"The reviews for this novel (which was published in Canada before its American release) foreshadowed that it is a hard read - the themes and scenes pack a powerful punch. The reviews were accurate - but that is not a reason to avoid this outstanding historical novel. Heather Marshall has made a literary career out of tackling difficult and unfathomable moments in Canadian history. Liberty Street unpacks one such moment (spanning decades) when women could be incarcerated indefinitely for being "incorrigible". And once incarcerated, subject to horrific medical experimentation and conditions. Using this real life scenario, Marshall introduces us to intrepid reporter Emily Radcliffe in the early sixties, who is determined to expose the women's experience, and Homicide Detective Rachel Mackenzie who is investigating a cold case twenty years later. The topics are hard, but the writing is superb as is the attention to historical accuracy. Highly recommend. Thank you to Ballantine Books and NetGalley for the DRC"
