{"product_id":"the-mercy-step-by-marcia-hutchinson","title":"The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWinner of the British Book Award - Discover Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e'Dark, humorous, and passionately captures the unique realities of the northern Black experience' - The Observer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in 1960s Bradford, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Mercy Step\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows Mercy, a precocious young child facing a world far too big for her small body. She lives with her Windrush-generation parents in a crowded household where her mother's attention is stretched between church and family, and her father's temper is something to be endured or avoided.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeeling like an outsider within her own home, Mercy retreats into books and the companionship of her beloved doll, Dolly, while learning early how to navigate the flaws and failings of the adults around her. Yet Mercy is nothing if not resilient. Armed with humour, style and fierce imagination, she quietly begins to plot her escape from a traumatic childhood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \/ 288 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Well Read Women","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57782774399308,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0986\/5432\/3020\/files\/9781918228038.jpg?v=1781344110","url":"https:\/\/www.wellreadwomen.co.uk\/products\/the-mercy-step-by-marcia-hutchinson","provider":"Well Read Women","version":"1.0","type":"link"}