{"product_id":"the-mercy-step-9781918228038","title":"The Mercy Step","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sharply-witted and tender portrait of a young girl's quiet rebellion and her refusal to be broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet in 1960s Bradford, \u003cem\u003eThe Mercy Step\u003c\/em\u003e follows Mercy, a precocious young child facing a world far too big for her small body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe lives with her Windrush-generation parents in a crowded household where her mother's attention is stretched between church and family, and her father's temper is something to be endured or avoided. Feeling like an outsider within her own home, Mercy retreats into books and the companionship of her beloved doll, Dolly, while learning early how to navigate the flaws and failings of the adults around her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet Mercy is nothing if not resilient. Armed with humour, style and fierce imagination, she quietly begins to plot her escape from a traumatic childhood. A raw and deeply affecting novel of childhood, family and survival in 1960s Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47355106885868,"sku":"9781918228038","price":49.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781918228038.jpg?v=1772653300","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-mercy-step-9781918228038","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}