![]() I’ve never read a novel by Maggie O’Farrell before this but the way she writes sentences is just exquisite, with full use of the punctuation available to her, she makes you feel each word and its intent. Above all, it is a tender and unforgettable reimagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written. It is also the story of a kestrel and its mistress flea that boards a ship in Alexandria and a glovemaker’s son who flouts convention in pursuit of the woman he loves. It is a story of the bond between twins, and of a marriage pushed to the brink by grief. ![]() ![]() Hamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwright. Neither parent knows that one of the children will not survive the week. Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. ![]() Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. On a summer’s day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. ![]()
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