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Title Statement | Mercy Street: a novel / [largetype] : Jennifer Haigh. |
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Author | Haigh, Jennifer, 1968- |
Publication | ©2022New York, NY: Harper Large Print,[2022] |
Edition | First Harper large print edition. |
Extent of Item | 436 pages |
ISBN | 9780063211070 (pbk.) 0063211076 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 4227906 |
Summary | For almost a decade, Claudia has counseled patients at Mercy Street, a clinic in the heart of the city. The work is consuming, the unending dramas of women in crisis. For its patients, Mercy Street offers more than health care; for many, it is a second chance. But outside the clinic, the reality is different. Anonymous threats are frequent. A small, determined group of anti-abortion demonstrators appears each morning at its door. As the protests intensify, fear creeps into Claudia's days, a humming anxiety she manages with frequent visits to Timmy, an affable pot dealer in the midst of his own existential crisis. At Timmy's, she encounters a random assortment of customers, including Anthony, a lost soul who spends most of his life online, chatting with the mysterious Excelsior11--the screenname of Victor Prine, an anti-abortion crusader who has set his sights on Mercy Street and is ready to risk it all for his beliefs. |
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By Topic | Large type books |
Abortion--Fiction | |
Women's health services--Fiction | |
Clinics--Fiction | |
By Location | Boston (Mass.)--Fiction |
By Genre | Suspense fiction |