{"product_id":"9780099502548","title":"A Mercy","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Morrison, Toni \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 June 2009 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 176 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 129 x 12 | 132g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A beautiful and important book' The Times  On the day that Jacob, an Anglo-Dutch trader, agrees to accept a slave in lieu of payment for a debt from a plantation owner, little Florens's life changes irrevocably.  With her keen intelligence and passion for wearing the cast-off shoes of her mistress, Florens has never blurred into the background and now at the age of eight she is uprooted from her family to begin a new life with a new master. She ends up part of Jacob's household, along with his wife Rebekka, Lina their Native American servant, and the enigmatic Sorrow who was rescued from a shipwreck. Together these women face the trials of their harsh environment as Jacob attempts to carve out a place for himself in the brutally unforgiving landscape of North America in the seventeenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Toni Morrison is the greatest chronicler of the American experience that we have ever known' Tayari Jones, New York Times  BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF BELOVED  Winner of the PEN\/Saul Bellow award for achievement in American fiction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491195961730,"sku":"9780099502548","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780099502548.jpg?v=1753741527","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9780099502548","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}