{"product_id":"the-mercies-1","title":"Kiran Millw Hargrave: The Mercies [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Richard \u0026amp; Judy Book Club pick summer 2021\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDark, dramatic and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efull of danger' - \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe storm comes in like a finger snap . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardo 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\u003cb\u003eVardo 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\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 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Chilling and page-turning' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGripping\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - Madeline Miller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTook my breath away\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e- Tracy Chevalier\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hargrave, Kiran Millw","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46589426270547,"sku":"9781529075076","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":53968999678291,"sku":"XG81529075076","price":3.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47064245666131,"sku":"XV81529075076","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":48979152142675,"sku":"XE81529075076","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/hargrave-kiran-millw-kiran-millw-hargrave-the-mercies-2021-paperback-57175669211475.jpg?v=1781097477","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-mercies-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}