The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson Contemporary Fiction before catching the eye of

before catching the eye of Condé Nast chairman Si Newhouse

"The Third Love explores the ways identities can shift with various forms of knowledge

It’s an evening like any other when an explosion rips through the leafy Oxford suburb Sarah Tucker calls home

of the twenty-one in Good Evening

who has passed away

The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson Contemporary Fiction before catching the eye ofA sharply witted and tender portrait of a young girl's quiet rebellion and her refusal to be broken. Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2026 Winner of the British Book Award Discover Prize Set in 1960s Bradford, The Mercy Step follows Mercy, a precocious young child facing a world far too big for her small body. She lives with her Windrush generation parents in a crowded household where her mother's attention is stretched between church and