Shape of Mercy, Susan Meissner
Shape of Mercy, Susan Meissner
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Shape of Mercy
A Novel

Author: Susan Meissner

Narrator: Susan Meissner

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2008


Synopsis

Lauren, a college student, helps Abigail Boyles, an 80-year-old recluse, transcribe the diary of Abigail's ancestral cousin, Mercy Hayworth--who was hanged for witchcraft. As secrets unfold, the extent to which the lives of these three women are connected comes to light, and both Lauren and Abigail find the very way they view the world irrevocably changed.

About Susan Meissner

Susan Meissner is a USA TODAY bestselling author with more than three-quarters of a million books in print in eighteen languages. Her novels have been named to numerous "best of" lists, including Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Goodreads, and Real Simple magazine. A former newspaper editor, Susan attended Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego and lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and their yellow Lab, Winston. When she's not writing, Susan loves long walks, good coffee, and reading bedtime stories to her grandchildren. Visit her online at susanmeissnerauthor.com; Instagram: @susanmeissnerauthor; Twitter: @SusanMeissner; Facebook: @susan.meissner; and Pinterest: @SusanMeissner.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel

This book could have been much better than it was. There were pretty interesting themes that the author tried to explore--of privilege, of parental expectations, of sacrifice, and others--and there was great potential in a diary written by a victim of the Salem witch trial, which could have been fas......more

Goodreads review by Angie

I randomly picked this book up at the library and am so glad I did. The story is about a college student is hired to transcribe the diary of a girl accused of being a witch during the Salem witch trials. Of course, the diary is fictional, but the historical events surrounding it are real and factual......more