{"product_id":"9781526647870","title":"For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain : Winner of the Scottish National First Book Awards 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn astounding debut, both epic and intimate, about grief, trauma, revelation, and the hidden lives of women - by a major new talent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Miraculously conjured ... Brilliantly done' THE TIMES, Book of the Month\n\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful book ... It warmed my heart' MAX PORTER\n\u003cbr\u003e'Electrifying ... A pocket epic' GUARDIAN\n\u003cbr\u003e'The best first novel I've read in years ... So full and so vivid; it is amazing' RODDY DOYLE\n\u003cbr\u003e'A vibrant portrait of female courage' OBSERVER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Scottish Book Awards - First Book of the Year\n\u003cbr\u003eSelected as a book of the year by the Sunday Times, Guardian, Scotsman and Irish Times \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e___________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the year of 1413, two women meet for the first time in the city of Norwich. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMargery has left her fourteen children and husband behind to make her journey. Her visions of Christ - which have long alienated her from her family and neighbours, and incurred her husband's abuse - have placed her in danger with the men of the Church, who have begun to hound her as a heretic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJulian, an anchoress, has not left Norwich, nor the cell to which she has been confined, for twenty-­three years. She has told no one of her own visions - and knows that time is running out for her to do so.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe two women have stories to tell one another. Stories about girlhood, motherhood, sickness, loss, doubt and belief; revelations more powerful than the world is ready to hear. Their meeting will change everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSensual, vivid and humane, For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain cracks history open to reveal the lives of two extraordinary women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e____________________________________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Magnificent, bold and compelling' ROSIE ANDREWS, author of the Sunday Times-bestselling The Leviathan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A startling read ... Magic' JO BROWNING WROE, author of the Sunday Times-bestselling A Terrible Kindness\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Intimately observed, lyrically written and meticulously researched. I loved this' KIRSTY LOGAN, author of Things We Say in the Dark\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52904788164917,"sku":"EB_LI0800_N05-02_AD","price":78.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9781526647870-1.jpg?v=1789405980","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/ja\/products\/9781526647870","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}