WINTER HIGHLIGHTS AT
UPCOMING BOOK SIGNINGS AT LINGHAMS
DR RANGAN
CHATTERJEE
14TH JAN 2020
SOPHIE HANNAH
30TH JAN 2020
FRANKIE BRIDGE
12TH FEB 2020
THE PUKKAS (ANNA
WHITEHOUSE & MATT
FARQUARSON)
3RD FEB 2020
JESS KID
27TH FEB 2020
KIRAN MILLWOOD
HARGRAVE
10TH FEB 2020
AMANDA OWEN
MARCH 2020
REVIEW OF KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE 'MERCIES' BY SUE PORTER
From the author of The Girl Of Ink and Stars, she has won
numerous awards including The 'British Book Awards
Children’s Book of the Year' and has been shortlisted for
'Costa Children’s Book Award' and the 'Blue Peter Best
Story Award'. Here comes her first adult novel.
Set in Christmas Eve in 1617 on a remote Island of Vardo,
Norway, 40 fisherman are drowned during a violent storm
leaving their wives and loved ones to fend for themselves.
One of the women left is a twenty year old Maren
Magnusdatter who lost her Father and the man she was
going to marry. The town is bereft, how will they survive,
who will feed them? The women band together and survive
for a number of years until Absalom Cornet enters the
village. With his god fearing ways and distrust of women
with power and influence he must make his mark on this
village with disastrous results.
From the real events on Vardo and subsequent witch trial,
this debut is one to be on the look out for. We will be
welcoming Kiran for an event on 10th February 2020 to talk
about this superb book.
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