false 3009435 16 3039966 11 11 2008 A Mercy total:3163|5:645|4:1178|3:907|2:314|1:119| 3163 11405 6713 978 3009435 0307264238 9780307264237 3052 945 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255705885m/3009435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3009435.A_Mercy 3 26 false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 28 21:53:12 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 13:50:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3009435 0307264238 9780307264237 3052 945 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255705885m/3009435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3009435.A_Mercy 5 35 false Sat Dec 27 07:19:41 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 07:38:15 -0800 2008 Tonight? or dylan’s after listening to Saved?

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A Mercy is told from several dif...more...]]> 4965680 0739332546 9780739332542 14 11 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4965680.A_Mercy 2 2 false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 21 07:16:34 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 09 05:09:50 -0700 2009 A Mercy (the audio version) was with the narration. Morrison chose to read the book herself, and I'm not sure how well it worked. She reads so slowly and pauses in the middle of sentences so often, it started to feel...more...]]> 3009435 0307264238 9780307264237 3052 945 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255705885m/3009435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3009435.A_Mercy 4 1 true Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 22:00:18 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 22:02:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3009435 0307264238 9780307264237 3052 945 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255705885m/3009435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3009435.A_Mercy 4 1 false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 10:03:56 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 10:26:50 -0800 2008 A Mercy<i/> has resonance in these days of economic uncertainty, fundamentalism, and the false belief in unfettered "capitalism." As the author illuminates t...more...]]> 3009435 0307264238 9780307264237 3052 945 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255705885m/3009435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3009435.A_Mercy 4 1 false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 22 08:14:25 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 23 09:44:11 -0800 2009 I really love that she took on thi...more...]]> 3009435 0307264238 9780307264237 3052 945 3.61 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255705885m/3009435.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3009435.A_Mercy 5 1 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 11 12:05:43 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 04 11:00:40 -0800 2009 consider this phrase from the novel and you will capture the primary emphasis of this book...

what i mean by this is captured in the figures of jacob and florens...figures which represent the full spectrum of the slave relat...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4965680