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Join us for our Adult Book Group - Thursday 4 June, 7-8:00 pm
Tickets £8.00/£17.00 (includes a glass of fizz)
Our June adult book group read is Marcia Hutchinson’s 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlisted novel, The Mercy Step. Based on Marcia’s own childhood growing up in Manningham, Bradford, this is an immersive debut in which Mercy springs vividly from the page. She may be small but she is smart, resourceful and fired by an indomitable spirit
The Mercy Step is set in 1962, against a Windrush-era backdrop, and deals with racism, domestic violence, family conflict and religion with empathy and insight. It’s a remarkable debut and Mercy’s is a powerful voice.
Critical acclaim for The Mercy Step:
Dark, humorous, and passionately captures the unique realities of the northern Black experience — The Observer
The Mercy Step, Marcia Hutchinson’s solo literary debut, is a sharply-witted and tender portrait of a young girl’s quiet rebellion, and her refusal to be broken, as she grows up in 1960s Bradford – New Writing North
You can order your copy of The Mercy Step from The Little Bookshop when you book your place and receive a 15% discount (£10.99 RRP).
Booking is essential, online or at the bookshop.