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The Mercies, by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

This story is about people, and how they lived; before why and how they died became what defined them.

The last sentence of the afterward speaks volumes.Yet, it negates to share the heart of why their deaths, "defined them". The echoes of life in 1617, on a small island in Finnland-Norway live on in, “The Mercies”. A kings desperation to leave his mark, caused the the ethnic cleansing of the Sami, and the deaths of some Norwegian men, and many Norwegian women, disguised by the fantasy of witchcraft.

01 Apr 24 · Flag

Judy

The author writes so well about the day-to-day of their lives. But the ethnic cleansing made me want to throw the book... I had previously read "The Dance Tree" by this author, also about a similar si…

11 Jul 24 · Flag

Stacey

Ethnic cleansing is a tough topic to read about! I have that issue our history of American slavery but we have to push on, the anger and pain are an important aspect of truth.

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