Mercy Among the Children
Categories: Literature & Fiction
Mercy Among the Children (2000) is a novel by David Adams Richards set in a poor community on New Brunswick's Miramichi River. As a boy, Sidney Henderson believes he has killed a friend in a fall from a church roof and vows never to harm anyone again. He keeps the vow as an adult, but his gentleness makes him and his wife Elly targets of suspicion and contempt. Their son Lyle tells the story of what that vow costs the family.
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- Jordan Peterson: “This is the greatest novel I have read in many years: Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards”