The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock

“The bustling, bawdy world of 18th-century London [is] expertly evoked . . . This is undoubtedly the start of a major career for this young writer.” — Vogue Shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction • A  Refinery 29  Favorite Book of the Year • A  Booklist  Top 10 First Novels of the Year • A  People  Best Book of the Fall One September evening in 1785, merchant Jonah Hancock learns that the captain of one of his trading vessels sold his s