The Mercy Step (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802169990)

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The Mercy Step

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The Mercy Step

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FINALIST FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE - ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S BEST DEBUT NOVELISTS - WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DISCOVER BOOK OF THE YEAR

"A beautiful and tender portrait of what it takes to leave where you've come from and forge your own future."--Cariad Lloyd, 2026 Judge, Women's Prize for Fiction

A sharply-witted and tender portrait of a young girl's quiet rebellion, and her refusal to be broken

Bradford, December 1962.

A precocious Mercy makes her reluctant entrance into the world, torn from the warm embrace of her mother's womb, to a chaotic household that seems to have no place for her. Her siblings do not understand her, her mother's attention is given to the Church, and the entire family lives at the whims of her father's quick temper.

Left to herself, Mercy finds solace in books, her imagination, and the quiet comfort of her faithful toy, Dolly. But escapism has its limits, and as the grip of family, faith and fear threatens to close in, Mercy learns she must act if she wants a different future; one where she is seen, heard, and her family set free.



Author: Marcia Hutchinson
ISBN-10: 0802169996
ISBN-13: 9780802169990
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Language: English
Published: 03/09/2027
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
By Marcia Hutchinson
By Marcia Hutchinson
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Marcia Hutchinson was born to Windrush generation Jamaican parents in the UK in 1962. She was the first pupil from her comprehensive school to go to Oxford, where she gained an MA in Law. She worked as a lawyer before founding the educational publishing company Primary Colours, which she ran until 2014. She was awarded an MBE in 2011 for services to Cultural Diversity. Moving to Manchester in 2012, she became a community activist and was eventually elected as a Labour Councillor in 2021. She is now a full-time writer and an active member of the Black Writers' Guild. She is the co-author with Kate Griffin (under the pseudonym Lila Cain) of the historical fiction novel The Blackbirds of St Giles. The Mercy Step is her literary debut as a solo writer.

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