Name: The Mercies
SKU: 53472799
Price: 249.00 ZAR
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Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Type

Physical Book

Author

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Publisher

Picador

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

352

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781529075076

The Mercies

Kiran Millwood Hargrave (Author) · Picador · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Mercies "

The Sunday Times Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick 2020‘Chilling and page-turning’ - The Times ‘Dark, dramatic and full of danger’ - Daily Mail‘Gripping’ - Madeline Miller‘Took my breath away’ - Tracy ChevalierThe storm comes in like a finger snap . . .Winter, 1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a vicious storm. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant.Vardø is now a place of women.Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Absalom Cornet has been summoned to bring the women of the island to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa encounters something she has never seen before: independent women. 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 . . .For 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.‘A beautifully intimate story of friendship, love and hope’ - Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain ‘Strong characters, gorgeous settings’ - Sarah Moss, Guardian‘Something rare and beautiful’ - Marian Keyes

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a British author known for her works that combine historical and literary elements in genres such as historical fiction and young adult literature. Her book Vardo: The Island of Women (2020) has been widely praised for its evocative narrative, which explores themes of gender and survival in a real historical context. She has also excelled in children's literature with titles like The Girl of Ink & Stars (2016), translated as The Girl of Ink and Stars, which earned her the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

With a lyrical and detailed style, Hargrave has established herself as a unique voice in contemporary literature, addressing both the beauty and the challenges of the human experience. Her work has been acclaimed for its emotional depth and her ability to bring to life rich and meaningful worlds.

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