Liberty Street [electronic resource] :
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. Toronto, 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 . . . Huron County, 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.
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- ISBN: 9780385700528
- Physical Description: 400 p.
- Publisher: [S.l.]: Doubleday Canada, 2026.
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From #1 bestselling Canadian author Heather Marshall (Looking for Jane) comes a riveting, page-turning and intertwining story of two women whose destinies are linked over decades.
Toronto, 1961: Emily Radcliffe works as an editorial assistant at Chatelaine magazine, surrounded by some of the best women journalists in the country whose articles tackle the controversial topics no other women's publication dares to touch. When a bombshell letter lands on Emily's desk from an inmate at the notorious Mercer Women's Prison, Emily sees a scoop that could launch her career. After convincing her boss that she's ready for the job, she goes undercover in the prison to learn whether the shocking claims in the whistleblower's letter are true. But what she doesn't know is that gettingĀ into the prison will turn out to be the easy part; the problem is getting back out. . .
Huron County, 1996: Unidentified female remains are discovered in an unmarked grave in a small town Ontario cemetery, and Detective Rachel Mackenzie is tasked with trying to unravel the mystery. But when the investigation and her own dark history begin to intertwine, trauma from Rachel's past threatens to surface from where she's kept it carefully buried.
Inspired by true events and the real-life Toronto women's prison that was the first of its kind in Canada, Liberty Street vividly brings to life the historic treatment of mentally ill and incarcerated women while shining a light on the dark realities of various 'prisons' that hold women captive.