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For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain

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WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH BOOK AWARDS - FIRST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, SCOTSMAN AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

'A beautiful book ... It warmed my heart' MAX PORTER
'Electrifying ... A pocket epic' GUARDIAN


An astounding debut, both epic and intimate, about grief, trauma, revelation, and the hidden lives of women - by a major new talent


In the year of 1413, two women meet for the first time in Norwich.

Before they part, Julian will entrust Margery with a secret - one that will change the course of history.

'You will read it in no time but be thinking about it for ages after' FRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE, GUARDIAN, Book of the day

'Miraculously conjured ... Brilliantly done' THE TIMES, Book of the Month

'The best first novel I've read in years ... So full and so vivid; it is amazing' RODDY DOYLE

'A vibrant portrait of female courage' OBSERVER


'A novel of rare brightness and clarity, concise and yet capacious: it illuminates like a shaft of sunlight' IMOGEN HERMES GOWAR

About This Edition

ISBN: 9781526647931
Publication date: 14th March 2024
Author: Victoria MacKenzie
Publisher: Bloomsbury an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 163 pages
Primary Genre Historical Fiction
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