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Mercy's Child

by Richard Paul Evans

A personal act of care in Gilded Age New York

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A personal act of care in Gilded Age New York

Set in 1874, *Mercy’s Child* places Etta Wheeler between the rural life she has left behind and the wealth and hardship of New York City. A meeting with a girl living in dangerous conditions draws her into a struggle with powerful institutions. Inspired by the story of Etta Wheeler, the novel connects one woman’s effort to help a child with a broader movement for change, against the sharp social contrasts of Gilded Age Manhattan.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers of historical fiction set in nineteenth-century New York.
  • For readers interested in stories about compassion, moral courage, and social change.
  • For readers seeking fiction inspired by a historical figure and reform movement.

Themes

CompassionMoral courageChild welfareSocial reformGilded Age inequality

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Book overview

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans comes an emotionally rich work of historical fiction inspired by the true story of Etta Wheeler, a woman whose courage and compassion helped spark a movement that forever changed a country.

In 1874, Etta Wheeler leaves her quiet upstate New York farm town behind to follow her husband into the bustling and sometimes brutal world of Gilded Age New York City. Surrounded by wealth, power, and ambition, Etta struggles to find where she belongs until a chance encounter in the tenements of Hell's Kitchen changes everything.

There she meets a young girl trapped in conditions no child should endure. What began as one woman's determination to help a single child soon draws Etta into a battle against the city's most powerful institutions, forcing her to discover a courage she never knew she possessed.

Set against the stark contrasts of Gilded Age Manhattan, this uplifting historical novel of compassion and moral courage tells the extraordinary story of how a singular act of courage ignited lasting change that still impacts the world today.
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