Canadian Novel ~ Jawbone

Happy Publication Day to Newfoundland writer and performer 𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐲 (@meghan_greeley) whose novel, 𝑱𝒂𝒘𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒆, is released today with Saskatchewan’s award-winning 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 (@radiantpress)! 

𝑱𝒂𝒘𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒆 is a passionate story about queer love and loneliness told by a young, closeted queer woman whose jaw is literally wired shut. 

With only one minute to speak on a submission video to win a one-way trip to Mars—a location she views as the ultimate escape—the woman barricades herself in a cottage by the sea and prepares to try to record. Here, she he examines her fixation on the colour red, shame, guilt, a dramatic breakup with her boyfriend, and the breakdown of her relationship with her best friend. 

 “Meghan Greeley’s 𝑱𝒂𝒘𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒆 is the most tender love letter you’ll ever read. It’s about queer desire, friendship, being hurt, being open, wising up. Greeley belongs in the line up with Annie Ernaux, Marguerite Duras, Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid – the writers of the great novellas that stay with us forever because they are profoundly honest.

Greeley’s characters are drawn as they act, cartwheel, drink, kiss, and crash, so they are flesh and blood present in every scene, every word.

Jawbone speaks of our most intimate and searing moments on earth. A spaceship to that red-hot planet, the heart. Absolutely stellar.” —Lisa Moore, author of This Is How We Love

𝑱𝒂𝒘𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒆 is available anywhere books are sold, including at RadiantPress.ca.

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