{"product_id":"mercy-street-a-novel","title":"Mercy Street: A Novel","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Ms. Haigh is an expertly nuanced storyteller long overdue for major attention. Her work is gripping, real, and totally immersive, akin to that of writers as different as Richard Price, Richard Ford, and Richard Russo.\"--Janet Maslin,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe highly praised, \"extraordinary\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) novel about the disparate lives that intersect at a women's clinic in Boston, by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestselling author Jennifer Haigh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor almost a decade, Claudia has counseled patients at Mercy Street, a clinic in the heart of the city. The work is consuming, the unending dramas of women in crisis. For its patients, Mercy Street offers more than health care; for many, it is a second chance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut outside the clinic, the reality is different. Anonymous threats are frequent. A small, determined group of anti-abortion demonstrators appears each morning at its door. As the protests intensify, fear creeps into Claudia's days, a humming anxiety she manages with frequent visits to Timmy, an affable pot dealer in the midst of his own existential crisis. At Timmy's, she encounters a random assortment of customers, including Anthony, a lost soul who spends most of his life online, chatting with the mysterious Excelsior11--the screenname of Victor Prine, an anti-abortion crusader who has set his sights on Mercy Street and is ready to risk it all for his beliefs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMercy Street\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a novel for right now, a story of the polarized American present. Jennifer Haigh, \"an expert natural storyteller with a keen sense of her characters' humanity\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), has written a groundbreaking novel, a fearless examination of one of the most divisive issues of our time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51967938330957,"sku":"IU-DIOK-GYIB","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/9147\/6557\/files\/81FgwArPmtL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767625970","url":"https:\/\/thebookbus.co.uk\/products\/mercy-street-a-novel","provider":"The Book Bus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}