For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain

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