In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa encounters something she has never seen before: independent women. Absalom Cornet has been summoned to bring the women of the island to heel. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant.Įighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a vicious storm. ‘ Dark, dramatic and full of danger’ - Daily Mail The Sunday Times Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick There is little attempt to understand the women their purpose is to control, conquer, and eradicate them.The bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pick The title's significance seems ironic and laughable since the men who preach about God's mercies show little if any mercy to the women they are trying to convert. However, when Kurstsson implores God's mercies upon the survivors of the 1617 Christmas Eve hurricane, it is challenging to convince independent-thinking women that there is any value to believing in this modern God about whom Kurtsson and Cornet preach. Kirsten and Maren show mercy to Pastor Kurtsson, the local man of the cloth. Maren shows mercy to the birds whose eggs she snatches. Maren, the protagonist, shows mercy to Ursa, the naive city girl whose marriage to the sinister religious commissioner Absalom Cornet has been arranged. The dictionary says that mercy is compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone to whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.
The dictionary says that mercy is compassion or for …more The word "mercies" appears eleven times in this novel, a few more if you include other word forms.
Linda Loretz The word "mercies" appears eleven times in this novel, a few more if you include other word forms.
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