title: The Book of Mercy
author:  Kathleen Cambor 
description: Narrated in alternate chapters by Edmund Mueller and his daughter, Anne, <i>The Book of Mercy</i> weaves a small web of enchanting tales. There's the story of Edmund's childhood, his marriage to a woman named Fanny who left unexpectedly after their second child, and Edmund's futile retreat into the world of magical arts. Then there's Anne, who leaves to study psychiatry, and her brother, a missionary in the Third World. They are bound together by Kathleen Cambor's elegant hand and graceful eye, and by the novel's arching themes of forgiveness and renewal.
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  ABSENCE
  
  
  of MERCY
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  By Joe McCoubrey
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  ABSENCE OF MERCY
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, and incidents are the
  product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to real persons, living
  or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  Text copyright © 2015 Joe McCoubrey
  
  
  
  
  
  The right of Joe McCoubrey to be identified as the author of this work has
  been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
  1988.
  
  
  
  
  
  A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
  
  
  
  
  
  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,
  or transmitted in any way by any means without the prior permission of the
  copyright holder.
  
  
  
  
  
  ISBN: 978-0-9576965-2-5
  
  
  Cover Art copyright © 2015 Book Graphics
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Dedication & Thanks
  
  
  To my dear sisters, Betty and Anne, and to my beautiful niece, Kellyanne, who
  