The Mercy Step: Shortlisted For The Women’s Prize For Fiction 2026

Name: The Mercy Step: Shortlisted For The Women's Prize For Fiction 2026
SKU: 9781918228038
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By (author) Marcia Hutchinson,

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A lyrical and deeply affecting novel of childhood survival, resilience and self-invention in 1960s Britain.

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SKU: 9781918228038

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1960s Britain award-winning debut fiction Black British childhood Black British literary fiction Bradford fiction British Book Awards winner Child Narrator childhood resilience coming of age novel Discover Prize winner emotional survival family life and neglect literary debut motherhood and silence prize-winning debut novel trauma and survival windrush generation Women's Prize longlisted working-class Britain

ISBN: 9781918228038

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 288

Dimensions: 12.9 × 19.8 cm

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Format Paperback / softback | 288 pages
Dimensions 12.9 × 19.8 cm | 0
Publication Date 30 April 2026
Publisher Cassava Republic Press
Publication City/Country United Kingdom

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Marcia Hutchinson

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Marcia Hutchinson was born to Windrush generation Jamaican parents in the UK in 1962. She was the first pupil from her comprehensive school to go to Oxford, where she gained an MA in Law. She worked as a lawyer before founding the educational publishing company Primary Colours, which she ran until 2014. She was awarded an MBE in 2011 for services to Cultural Diversity. Moving to Manchester in 2012 , she became a community activist and was elected as a Labour Councillor in 2021. She is now a full-time writer and an active member of the Black Writers' Guild. Her solo debut novel, The Mercy Step was shortlisted for the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction and won the 2026 Discover Prize by The British Book Awards.

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