Mercy

Emma Woodhouse worked for the Ironbridge Gorge Museum as a Victorian demonstrator at Blists Hill Victorian Town for seven years, whilst completing her BA (Hons) in Literature with the Open University and a PGCE with the University of Worcester and becoming a teacher.  She has been teaching for 15 years now, holds an MA in Education from the University of Worcester and is currently studying for her MA in Contemporary Creative Writing with Northeastern University London.  She has performed her own poems at two international book launches for Candlestick Press. Emma enjoys historical realism and engages in in-depth research, to ensure that the novels she creates from the lives of real women are accurate and truthful. She likens her novel-style to creative non-fiction, in that it is as true to fact as fiction can possibly be.  She believes that there are astounding histories out there just waiting to be rediscovered, histories which have been forgotten due to class status.

"Mercyis a relentlessly gritty true crime tale of inequality, hardship,co-dependency, deprivation and substance abuse in industrially rural 19thcentury England." - DJGPalmer, author of the Babanango trilogy"Mercyvividly takes you into the extreme social inequality of the 19th century andmakes compelling reading about the dire consequences on three generations ofwomen." - Jay D. Waveney, authorof Somersham Boy "Astrong and engrossing story that captures the period to perfection." -Mya Roberts, author of Song of the Sea “Abeautifully written tale, cleverly based around an interesting historical case;a fascinating glimpse into Bridgnorth past.” - Clive Gwilt, historian andauthor