The Mercies av Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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<p><b>The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pick</b><br><b>The <i>Sunday Times</i> Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick</b><br><b>‘</b><b>Dark, dramatic and </b><b>full of danger’ - <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br><b>The storm comes in like a finger snap . . .</b><br>1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a vicious storm. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant.<br><br><b>Vardø is now a place of women . . .</b><br>Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Absalom Cornet has been summoned to bring the women of the island to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa encounters something she has never seen before: independent women. But where Ursa finds happiness, even lov