{"product_id":"mercy-hill-9780385551823","title":"Mercy Hill","description":"\u003cb\u003eA debut family novel about four sisters growing up on the campus of the underfunded state mental hospital where their strong-willed mother serves as head of psychiatry. A richly moving story of sisterhood, loyalty, and mental health in America. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMercy Hill\u003c\/i\u003e--both the place and the people who live there--will stay with you long after you put the book down.\" --Richard Russo, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire Falls\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Cross sisters have lived their entire lives on the sprawling grounds of Mercy Hill, the embattled Raleigh mental hospital run by their formidable mother. Since childhood, JJ, Caro, Mimi, and Denise have been inculcated with their mother's mission: they'll work alongside her to protect Mercy Hill from the fate of other state hospitals across the country, which are being gutted and closed, one by one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter an incident involving the highest-security ward, Mercy Hill faces greater scrutiny than ever, and Lisa Cross pushes each of her daughters even harder in the name of her mission. As the sisters cross into adulthood, the pressures of their isolated environment and mercurial mother set them on different--and perilous--paths. And as the battle wages on, youngest sister and narrator Denise grapples with the added responsibility that comes from being the last hope for their mother's dreams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with Mercy Hill's fate hanging in the balance, Denise recounts the transformations that shape and destroy her family, along with the landscape of mental healthcare in the United States. With sharp insight and real humor, debut novelist Hannah Thurman captures the turmoil of growing up, the true meaning of a calling, and the indelible bonds of family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hannah Thurman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Doubleday Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.70w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385551823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/13\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHANNAH THURMAN is a Brooklyn-based writer originally from Raleigh, North Carolina. She was recently named a 2024 NYSCA\/NYFA Artist Fellow in Fiction. The winner of the Florida Review's 2023 Editor's Prize for Fiction, her stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Michigan Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Southern Indiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She has been chosen for residencies at Yaddo, Ragdale, Vermont Studio Center, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. This is her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Hannah Thurman \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48230173343901,"sku":"9780385551823","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_ea34f695-28a0-46f2-aa21-51f9c260bb2f.jpg?v=1778576917","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/mercy-hill-9780385551823","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}