Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
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WINNER OF THE 2020 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER OF 2021
'Richly sensuous… something special' – The Sunday Times
'A thing of shimmering wonder' – David Mitchell
TWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART.
On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home?
Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London.
Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week.
Hamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwright: a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written.
384 pp. b-format paperback
19.7 x 12.6 x 2.4 cm
Published March 2021 by Tinder Press