FOR THY GREAT PAIN HAVE MERCY ON MY LITTLE PAIN PB – VICTORIA MACKENZIE

WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH BOOK AWARDS – FIRST BOOK OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, SCOTSMAN AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A beautiful book … It warmed my heart MAX PORTER Electrifying … A pocket epic GUARDIAN An astounding debut, both epic and intimate, about grief, trauma, revelation, and the hidden lives of women – by a major new talent In the year of 1413, two women meet for the first time in Norwich. Before they part, Julian will entrust Margery with a secret – one that will change the course of history. ‘You will read it in no time but be thinking about it for ages after’ FRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE, GUARDIAN, Book of the day Miraculously conjured … Brilliantly done THE TIMES, Book of the Month The best first novel I ve read in years … So full and so vivid; it is amazing RODDY DOYLE A vibrant portrait of female courage OBSERVER ‘A novel of rare brightness and clarity, concise and yet capacious: it illuminates like a shaft of sunlight’ IMOGEN HERMES GOWAR