The Way Past Winter by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

'A story bursting with imagination, sparkle and tender heart. 'Beautiful and chilling' Madeline Miller, author of Circe'Took my breath away' Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.Ī spellbinding story, now in paperback, from the Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Girl of Ink & Stars, winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa finds something she has never seen before: independent women.But Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs. Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives.Summoned from Scotland to take control of a place at the edge of the civilized world, Absalom Cornet knows what he needs to do to bring the women of the island to heel. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardo is thrown into a reckless storm.A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant.

The Sunday Times Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick 2020For readers of Circe and The Handmaid's Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is a story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, and about a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful. 'Beautiful and chilling' Madeline Miller, author of Circe'Took my breath away' Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. But Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs.

In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa finds something she has never seen before: independent women. Summoned from Scotland to take control of a place at the edge of the civilized world, Absalom Cornet knows what he needs to do to bring the women of the island to heel. Vard is now a place of women.Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vard is thrown into a reckless storm. The Sunday Times Bestseller and BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick 2020For readers of Circe and The Handmaids Tale, Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Mercies is a story about how suspicion can twist its way through a community, and about a love that could prove as dangerous as it is powerful.Winter, 1617.

The Way Past Winter by Kiran Millwood Hargrave