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Narrated by: Marcia Hutchinson

Unabridged — 9 hours, 3 minutes

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Mercy is a precocious young girl living in 1960s Bradford, where she struggles to find her place within her family and finds comfort in her doll, Dolly. A story of resilience and growth through the eyes of a child, The Mercy Step is a tender coming-of-age debut from Marcia Hutchinson.

Shortlisted for the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction

Named one of the best New Novelists for 2025 by The Observer.

Bradford, December 1962.

A precocious Mercy makes her reluctant entrance into the world, torn from the warm embrace of her mother's womb, to a chaotic household that seems to have no place for her. Her siblings do not understand her, her mother's attention is given to the Church, and the entire family lives at the whims of her father's quick temper.

Left to herself, Mercy finds solac...

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The Mercy Step