{"product_id":"a-mercy-toni-morrison-9780307264237","title":"A Mercy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - In \"one of Morrison's most haunting works\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times)\u003c\/i\u003e the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But at its heart, like \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e, it is the story of a mother and a daughter--a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1680s the slave trade in the Americas is still in its infancy. Jacob Vaark is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh North. Despite his distaste for dealing in \"flesh,\" he takes a small slave girl in part payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner in Catholic Maryland. This is Florens, who can read and write and might be useful on his farm. Rejected by her mother, Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master's house, and later from the handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved, who comes riding into their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Toni Morrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307264238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307264237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.56h x 5.88w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e128034 \/ Mercy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e ALA Notable Books - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2008 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/08\/2008 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2008 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2008 pg. 912\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2008 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2008 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2008 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2008 pg. 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/14\/2008 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/17\/2008 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2008 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2008 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2008 pg. 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/19\/2008 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/24\/2009 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/30\/2008 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2008 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2008 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLJ Best Books of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2008 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/10\/2008 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/14\/2008 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Editors Choice\/Adult\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2009 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/12\/2009 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2009 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLJ Best Books of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2008 pg. 64","brand":"Toni Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994081001727,"sku":"9780307264237","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8121012-d87c-4dd5-9ec0-6313c68e7a91.jpg?v=1683328021","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-mercy-toni-morrison-9780307264237","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}