The Mercy Seat

by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop

Book Overview

"One of the finest writers of her generation" (Brad Watson), and author of three previously acclaimed novels, Elizabeth H. Winthrop delivers a brave new book that will launch her distinguished career anew. An incisive, meticulously crafted portrait of race, racism, and injustice in the Jim Crow era South that is as intimate and tense as a stage drama, The Mercy Seat is a stunning account of one town's foundering over a trauma in their midst. On the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802128181
• ISBN13: 9780802128188
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"