‘A beautifully intimate story of friendship, love and hope’ - Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain
‘ Took my breath away ’ - Tracy Chevalier It is a story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, about a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful. įor readers of Circe and The Handmaid’s Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is inspired by real historical events. 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. ‘ Dark, dramatic and full of danger’ - Daily Mail The Sunday Times Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pick
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