Tag: The Mercy Step

• This book received 54 rejections… And now Oprah Winfrey is reading it

  

  Book Review: The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson Historical Fiction | Coming-of-age | England 1960’s | The Windrush Generation | Immigrant Experiences | Mother-daughter relationships | Identity Wordies, Oprah Winfrey recently said she is currently reading this book, and I am so excited to see it, because this book has received a lot of praise…

  The Abundant Word

  13th September 2026

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  1960’s Bradford, Black British, Black British Literature, black literature, Book review, Coming-of-age, Debut Author, debut novel, England 1960’s, fiction, Historical Fiction, identity, Immigrant Experiences, Marcia Hutchinson, Mother-daughter Relationships, reading, The Mercy Step, The Windrush Generation