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A review by piyali
Mercy Street by Jennifer Haigh
4.0
A bold novel that explores the burning issues in America - abortion, racism, legalization of Marijuana, addiction, mental health.
There is clinic for reproductive health on Mercy Street in Boston.
Claudia, a staff, is used to the protestors outside their clinic. But someone has been taking photos of the women who come in to the clinic for abortion and those photos are appearing on a website called Hall of Shame.
Timmy Flynn sells weed and tries to find ways he can bring his son the Tuna to live with him in Boston and stop paying child support to his ex wife.
Anthony lives off his disability checks after an accident in his work place and gets through his life with the help of his Cathoic faith.
Victor Prine is determined to make sure White women fulfill their duty of procreation so the Blacks and people of other races do not undermine white power.
The paths of these different characters are destined to collide and what happens if the collision takes place?
The novel has been called "propulsive" and "urgent" by reviewers. Propulsive it is because I obsessively turned the pages to read what happens in the plot. It was also fascinating to live for a short while in the heads of a white supremacist, a person with severe mental health issues, a well meaning drug dealer and a middle aged women's health expert who has come from an impoverished background. I found this book riveting, thought provoking and although hair raising at the pacing of the story as well as plot twists, not necessarily without hope. I can, however, only suggest this book to readers who want to read gritty, honest truth about women's choices and those who are adamant that they should not have any.
There is clinic for reproductive health on Mercy Street in Boston.
Claudia, a staff, is used to the protestors outside their clinic. But someone has been taking photos of the women who come in to the clinic for abortion and those photos are appearing on a website called Hall of Shame.
Timmy Flynn sells weed and tries to find ways he can bring his son the Tuna to live with him in Boston and stop paying child support to his ex wife.
Anthony lives off his disability checks after an accident in his work place and gets through his life with the help of his Cathoic faith.
Victor Prine is determined to make sure White women fulfill their duty of procreation so the Blacks and people of other races do not undermine white power.
The paths of these different characters are destined to collide and what happens if the collision takes place?
The novel has been called "propulsive" and "urgent" by reviewers. Propulsive it is because I obsessively turned the pages to read what happens in the plot. It was also fascinating to live for a short while in the heads of a white supremacist, a person with severe mental health issues, a well meaning drug dealer and a middle aged women's health expert who has come from an impoverished background. I found this book riveting, thought provoking and although hair raising at the pacing of the story as well as plot twists, not necessarily without hope. I can, however, only suggest this book to readers who want to read gritty, honest truth about women's choices and those who are adamant that they should not have any.