{"product_id":"pre-order-the-mercy-step-by-marcia-hutchinson","title":"PRE-ORDER: The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA sharply-witted and tender portrait of a young girl's quiet rebellion and her refusal to be broken.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWinner of the British Book Award - Discover Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\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 class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRaw and deeply affecting, Mercy's story is one of Black British culture, childhood, family and survival in 1960s Britain. Critical to understanding these untold stories, Marcia's debut is not to be missed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Heart-wrenching, deeply authentic, moving, a real tear-jerker… A stunning novel that everyone should read.” - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNussaibah Younis, Women’s Prize-shortlisted author of Fundamentally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Dark, humorous, and passionately captures the unique realities of the northern Black experience.” - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful and tender portrait of what it takes to leave where you’ve come from and forge your own future.’ — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCariad Lloyd, 2026 Women’s Prize Judge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Cassava Republic Press\u003cbr\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e978-1918228038\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Page \u0026 Turner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45066036609232,"sku":null,"price":1350.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8000\/5328\/files\/71mvM1BeqIL._SL1500.jpg?v=1783522927","url":"https:\/\/pageandturner.ph\/products\/pre-order-the-mercy-step-by-marcia-hutchinson","provider":"Page \u0026 Turner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}