{"product_id":"9781529075076-the-mercies","title":"The Mercies","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club Pick\u003cbr\u003eInspired by real historical events, \u003ci\u003eThe Mercies \u003c\/i\u003eis a breathtaking story of love, fear and obsession, and the strength and courage of women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's \u003ci\u003eThe Mercies\u003c\/i\u003e is inspired by real historical events – a story about the strength and courage of women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Dark, dramatic and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efull of danger’ - \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe storm comes in like a finger snap .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1617. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVardø is now a place of women .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEighteen 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 .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, about a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGripping\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - Madeline Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTook my breath away\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’ - Tracy Chevalier, author of \u003ci\u003eGirl With a Pearl Earring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A beautifully intimate story of friendship, love and hope’ - Douglas Stuart, author of \u003ci\u003eShuggie Bain \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Something rare and beautiful’ - Marian Keyes, author of \u003ci\u003eAgain, Rachel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Chilling and page-turning’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944613818465,"sku":"9781529075076","price":8.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27921647.jpg?v=1722634217","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529075076-the-mercies","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}