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Abstract
In this novel, I retell part of the story of Charlotte Bronts masterpiece, Jane Eyre, to explore how women negotiate gender, identity, and power in contemporary times. The characters of Jane Eyre and Rochester are blended and confused into a new icon for present day femininity: Joannie Edson, a radiographer who can see into the insides of people, imaging their bones, but who struggles to see more vital information about their thoughts, their feelings, their passions, and their madnesses.