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Hamnet

by Maggie O'Farrell

2020 · 320 pages · Fiction

Set in 1580s Warwickshire, this evocative novel centers on the family of a young Latin tutor-William Shakespeare-and his wife, Agnes, a woman with a mysterious gift for healing. When their young son, Hamnet, falls ill with the plague, the family is forced to confront unimaginable grief. O'Farrell crafts a luminous portrait of a marriage and the domestic life behind one of history's greatest plays. It is a haunting, sensory exploration of loss and the resilience of the human spirit.

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