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Kerri Maher is the author of the previous novels The Paris Bookseller, The Girl in White Gloves and The Kennedy Debutante. All You Have to Do Is Call, her fourth novel, received 4 or 5 stars from 32 out of 33 of our First Impressions reviewers.
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The author has returned to 1972 and describes the work of the Jane Collective, which was founded in Chicago to provide safe, albeit illegal, abortions to women in need. Through several characters, some of whom are members of the collective and some of whom are not, she presents real-world struggles — how to juggle careers and home, how to be the best mother or wife one can be, while at the same time elucidating, in a very straightforward way, the work of the collective (Margaret K).
Many appreciated the educational aspects of the novel, and stressed its importance and relevance today.
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