Mercy Among the Children
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Mercy Among the Children: A Novel
By David Adams RichardsBlaming himself for the death of another child, twelve-year-old Sidney Henderson takes a vow of non-violence that lasts into adulthood, when an act of violence forces him to turn his back on his promise never to harm another human being. 35 ...
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Mercy Among the Children: A Novel
By David Adams RichardsWritten with abiding compassion and profound wisdom, and imbued with a luminous grace that is as haunting as it is precisely controlled, Mercy Among the Children is epic storytelling at its absolute finest, populated with richly drawn ...
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Mercy Among the Children
By David Adams RichardsMercy Among the Children received effusive praise from the critics, was nominated for a Governor General’s Award and won the Giller Prize.
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Mercy Among the Children: A Novel
By David Adams RichardsWhen twelve-year-old Sidney Henderson pushes his friend Connie off the roof of a local church in a moment of anger, he makes a silent vow: Let Connie live and I will never harm another soul.
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Mercy Among the Children: A Novel
By David Adams RichardsLyle Henderson defends his pacifist father and the rest of his family against the increasingly hostile fellow residents of their isolated Canadian community.