Author: Victoria MacKenzieModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) | Historical fictionPublished on 14th March 2024 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.Paperback / softback | 176 pages 198mm x 129mm | 0g SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLANDS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2023A SCOTTISH BOOK TRUST BOOK OF THE MONTHTHE TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH (HISTORICAL FICTION)A CHURCH HOUSE BOOKSHOP BOOK OF THE WEEKAn astounding debut, both epic and intimate, about grief, trauma, revelation, and the hidden lives of women - by a major new talentMiraculously conjured ... Brilliantly done THE TIMES, Book of the MonthA beautiful book ... It warmed my heart MAX PORTERElectrifying ... A pocket epic GUARDIANThe best first novel Ive read in years ... So full and so vivid; it is amazing RODDY DOYLEA vibrant portrait of female courage OBSERVERIn the year of 1413, two women meet for the first time in the city of Norwich. Margery 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.Julian, an anchoress, has not left Norwich, nor the cell to which she has been confined, for twenty-Âthree years. She has told no one of her own visions – and knows that time is running out for her to do so.The two women have stories to tell one another. Stories about girlhood, motherhood, sickness, loss, doubt and belief; revelations more the powerful than the world is ready to hear. Their meeting will change everything.Sensual, vivid and humane, For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain cracks history open to reveal the lives of two extraordinary women.Magnificent, bold and compelling ROSIE ANDREWS, author of the Sunday Times-bestselling The LeviathanA startling read ... Magic JO BROWNING WROE, author of the Sunday Times-bestselling A Terrible KindnessIntimately observed, lyrically written and meticulously researched. I loved this KIRSTY LOGAN, author of Things We Say in the Dark
