For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain : Winner of the Scottish National First Book Awards 2023
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
| Title: | For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain : Winner of the Scottish National First Book Awards 2023 |
| Author: | Victoria MacKenzie |
| ISBN: | 9781526647931 |
| Format: | Paperback / softback |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Dimensions: | 128 x 197 x 15 mm |
| Publication Date: | 14 March, 2024 |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Weight: | 136 g |