{"product_id":"mercy-street-a-novel-isbn-9780061763328","title":"Mercy Street: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post, \u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/em\u003eand the\u003cem\u003e Boston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe highly praised, “extraordinary” (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e) novel about the disparate lives that intersect at a women’s clinic in Boston, by \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Jennifer Haigh \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMercy Street \u003c\/em\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” (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e), has written a groundbreaking novel, a fearless examination of one of the most divisive issues of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“[Haigh is] a superb unsung novelist hovering just under the radar. . . Abortion, guns, vigilantism, drug dealing, white supremacy, bitter misogyny and online fetishism all figure in the tableau Haigh expertly details. . . . Her books might feel traditional if she relied on simple structure, but she likes Altmanesque ways of weaving characters together. . . . She’s largely not interested in destruction here: These people have seen enough of it already. She’s interested in what makes them human.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanet Maslin, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Terrifically readable.”\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fiction is often a more alluring vessel of truth than nonfiction, and in her recently lauded novel centered on a Boston abortion clinic in 2015, Haigh depicts lives that intersect publicly as her characters grapple with the most intimate of decisions. From a clinic hotline manager to a gaggle of anti-abortion protestors, Haigh boldly seeks out moral nuance, melding crystalline language to a topical story that twists and turns toward a stunning crescendo.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A generous, deeply empathetic, and heartbreaking novel about a Boston abortion clinic besieged by the type of violent political threat that has become all too common. Yet \u003cem\u003eMercy Street\u003c\/em\u003e also manages to be one of the funniest books I've ever read — enjoyable on every single page.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Pavone, The Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Extraordinary . . . Wonderfully entertaining, boasting a large, varied cast of vividly drawn characters whose company readers will find deeply rewarding, in no small part because lurking in their shadows is the devastatingly wry humor of their creator. . . . [Haigh is] paying close attention to their choices, large and small. That’s not artifice, it’s art. And I was gobsmacked.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Russo, New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Haigh deftly walks across the fault line of one of the most divisive issues of our age, peeling back ideology and revealing what all ideology refuses to recognize: an individual’s humanity. . . . \u003cem\u003eMercy Street\u003c\/em\u003e argues, both in form and content, that compassion is a powerful counterpoint to the conflict-driven stories that dominate our news cycles, our news feeds and our Netflix queues. In Haigh’s world, in other words, mercy may no longer be fashionable, but it sure is necessary.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003ePerceptive. . . . In Haigh’s expert hands, [\u003cem\u003eMercy Street\u003c\/em\u003e] explores how we arrive at the beliefs we hold.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890292158693,"sku":"NP9780061763328","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061763328.jpg?v=1730232965","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/mercy-street-a-novel-isbn-9780061763328","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}