The Mercies
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The Sunday Times Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick 2020.
For readers of Circe and The Handmaid's Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is a story about a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful.
Winter, 1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardo is thrown into a reckless storm. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant. Vardo is now a place of women.
Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Summoned from Scotland to take control of a place at the edge of the civilized world, Absalom Cornet knows what he needs to do to bring the women of the island to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa finds something she has never seen before: independent women. But 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 a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful.
Winter, 1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardo is thrown into a reckless storm. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant. Vardo is now a place of women.
Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Summoned from Scotland to take control of a place at the edge of the civilized world, Absalom Cornet knows what he needs to do to bring the women of the island to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa finds something she has never seen before: independent women. But Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs
I know you shouldn't judge a book by its cover but I really liked this one :p
Hope the story is just as good!
Hope the story is just as good!
Thank you so much for spoiling me with this and all the other books that you've sent. I've never heard of this book or the author. I read the first chapter quickly after reading the summary on the cover. It sounds intriguing. I'm looking forward to it.
I read this book a few months ago. I enjoyed the author's descriptive writing style. The book is filled with passages of beautiful prose. I also enjoyed the setting and learned a little about the lives of the people back then. There are some strong characters in the novel and I was left thinking about them long after reading this book.
The author's excellent research was well woven into the plot. It is full of details of how people lived, the clothes they wore, the food, their homes and the architecture of that time. And yes, I do love the cover of the book and the whole design of the pages within. There are some interesting drawings at the start of each chapter. Thanks so much ukcanaus for sending it over to me.
The author's excellent research was well woven into the plot. It is full of details of how people lived, the clothes they wore, the food, their homes and the architecture of that time. And yes, I do love the cover of the book and the whole design of the pages within. There are some interesting drawings at the start of each chapter. Thanks so much ukcanaus for sending it over to me.