5/10/2023 0 Comments The mercies novel![]() The Mercies is among the best novels I’ve read in years. In addition to its beautiful writing, its subject matter is both enduring and timely ― New York Times Book ReviewĪ gripping novel. ‘Something rare and beautiful’ - Marian Keyes ‘A beautifully intimate story of friendship, love and hope’ - Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain ‘ Took my breath away ’ - Tracy Chevalier įor readers of Circe and The Handmaid’s Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is a story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, and about a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful. But where Ursa finds happiness, even love, Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa encounters something she has never seen before: independent women. Absalom Cornet has been summoned to bring the women of the island to heel. ![]() A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant.Įighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a vicious storm. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Sunday Times Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick 2020 ![]()
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