The Mercies
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The Mercies
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Jessie Buckley
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The Mercies: A gripping tale of love, suspicion, and the strength of women in the face of adversity, inspired by real events.
1617. A vicious storm throws the sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø into chaos. Maren watches helplessly as the island's men, out fishing, perish in an instant. Vardø is now a place of women.
Eighteen months later, Absalom Cornet arrives, determined to bring the island's independent women to heel. Accompanying him is his young wife, Ursa. In Vardø, and in Maren, Ursa discovers something she's never encountered before: the strength and resilience of women left to forge their own path.
While Ursa finds unexpected happiness and even love in her new home, Absalom sees only a community corrupted by a terrible evil that he must root out at any cost.
The Mercies is a mesmerizing tale of love, fear, and the potential for both to transform a community. Kiran Millwood Hargrave weaves a rich tapestry of historical detail and poignant insights into the hearts of her unforgettable characters.
Perfect for fans of Circe and The Handmaid's Tale, this haunting and atmospheric novel will linger long after the final word.
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A couple points felt slightly modern, but that's a personal opinion--I learned about a lot of everyday, historical living from women's perspectives, which I really appreciate. Little details like cleaning, preparing food, etc.
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I would like to hear more from Sami/Saami people about what they think about the portrayal in this book. One plotline follows the distrust of indigenous people, particularly women, and has a framing from a mostly white European perspective. However, there are several viewpoints discussed and portrayed from different women and men, which feels more honest than other recent books I have read that address colonization. On the other hand, I do not think we hear directly from the indigenous person herself. This may be the author's deliberate choice, as this character's motivations and parts of her knowledge are ultimately unknowable for the white Europeans. She makes distinctly different choices compared to the others, and this seems to come from both her knowledge of the land and her spiritual practice (mostly hidden) and her lived experience as an outsider who also lives in the village.
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