About this Event
Join us at Waterstones Crouch End for our monthly book club on Wednesday the 24th April 2024 at 17:30. Our pick for this month is Victoria Mackenzie's For thy Great Pain Have Mercy on my Little Pain.
About the Book
Longlisted for The Walter Scott Historical Fiction Prize 2024.
Taking the real-life medieval figures of Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich as a springboard for a compelling meditation on faith, femininity and the abuses of the church, For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain is a uniquely powerful reading experience.
An astounding debut, both epic and intimate, about grief, trauma, revelation, and the hidden lives of women - by a major new talent. In the year of 1413, two women meet for the first time in Norwich.Before they part, Julian will entrust Margery with a secret – one that will change the course of history.
About the Author
Victoria MacKenzie is a fiction writer and poet. She is the winner of the Scottish Book Trust New Writer Award and the inaugural Emerging Writer Award from Moniack Mhor. She was shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize, as well as being awarded prestigious writing residencies in Scotland, Finland and Australia. She teaches creative writing for the Open College of the Arts. She lives in Scotland.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Waterstones, 2-4 The Broadway, London, United Kingdom
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