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Islands of Mercy
Rose Tremain
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Description for Islands of Mercy
Paperback.
She was ‘The Angel of the Baths’, the one woman whose touch everybody yearned for. Yet she would do more. She was certain of that. In the city of Bath, in the year 1865, an extraordinary young woman renowned for her nursing skills is convinced that some other destiny will one day show itself to her. But when she finds herself torn between a dangerous affair with a female lover and the promise of a conventional marriage to an apparently respectable doctor, her desires begin to lead her towards a future she had never imagined. ... Read more
She was ‘The Angel of the Baths’, the one woman whose touch everybody yearned for. Yet she would do more. She was certain of that. In the city of Bath, in the year 1865, an extraordinary young woman renowned for her nursing skills is convinced that some other destiny will one day show itself to her. But when she finds herself torn between a dangerous affair with a female lover and the promise of a conventional marriage to an apparently respectable doctor, her desires begin to lead her towards a future she had never imagined. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784743321
SKU
9781784743321
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Ref
99-1
About Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain’s novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina Etranger (Sacred Country) and the South Bank ... Read more
Reviews for Islands of Mercy
A hell of a read - so emotionally sophisticated, so deft with shade and light, more absorbing than most fiction I've read this year
Johanna Thomas-Corr
Sunday Times
Terrific
Louise Carpenter
The Times
Another gratifyingly well-put-together work... Tremain's long sentences brim with a poised positivity...[and] add lightness to her fond depictions of these imperfect ... Read more
Johanna Thomas-Corr
Sunday Times
Terrific
Louise Carpenter
The Times
Another gratifyingly well-put-together work... Tremain's long sentences brim with a poised positivity...[and] add lightness to her fond depictions of these imperfect ... Read more