New Mercies

By: Sandra Dallas

Narrated by: Nicole Poole

Sandra Dallas, best-selling author of The Persian Pickle Club, weaves an intricate and sophisticated tale in New Mercies.

Nora Bondurant is divorced— unfathomable for a woman in 1933—and has inherited a house from a dead aunt she never even knew existed. But when she travels to Mississippi to claim her inheritance, she finds her eccentric neighbors would rather help her acquire a new husband than reveal the secrets surrounding her aunt’s death.

As Nora becomes more and more enmeshed in the community and in her family’s history, she learns surprising things about the life and death of her aunt: kinship isn't always what it seems, loyalty can be as fierce as blood relations, and every day we are given new mercies to heal the pain of loss and love.

©2005 Sandra Dallas (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

"Dallas has crafted a honey-and-Spanish-moss-tinged tale certain to please gentle fiction readers who don't mind a little mystery." ( Booklist)

Powerful yet Heartwarming

What’s to dislike? This is the best Sandra Dallas book I have listened to so far. It was so riveting I couldn’t stop. I’m really sad it’s over. I hope I find another one that’s as good as this one. Persian pickle club was my favorite until I heard this. Hopefully there’s another favorite out there. 

Amazing Story

The story seemed to wander for much of it …but I knew there had to be a solid story here due to past Sandra Dallas novels. I was shocked to hear the reveal closer to the end which I will not expose here due to potential readers not being aware of the complete details. This exact story was my life experience and within the first part of the book I did not see this coming. Although it gave me mixed feelings….it also helped me. The book now is very endearing to me as is Sandra Dallas who Never disappoints.

Wonderful lack of cheesy romance

This is a unique story line that addresses issues of the day without being heavy or devolving to cliched romanticism.

Loved it!

Engaging southern fiction/ couldn't turn it off. I highly recommend this one. I will probably listen to it again at some point.

Lovely and true

Beautiful story and so much truth spoken by an excellent story teller. Makes me want to read more of her books