{"product_id":"hamnet-9781984898876","title":"Hamnet by O'Farrell, Maggie","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - The bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Portrait \u003c\/i\u003edelivers a\u003cb\u003e luminous portrait of a marriage, a family ravaged by grief, and a boy whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays of all time. \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Of all the stories that argue and speculate about Shakespeare's life ... here is a novel ... so gorgeously written that it transports you.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngland, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young Latin tutor--penniless and bullied by a violent father--falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family's land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is just taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maggie O'Farrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.15w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984898876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAGGIE O'FARRELL was born in Northern Ireland in 1972. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eHamnet\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award), \u003ci\u003eAfter You'd Gone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hand That First Held Mine\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Costa Novel Award), and \u003ci\u003eInstructions for a Heatwave\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also written a memoir, \u003ci\u003eI Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Edinburgh.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43655926972569,"sku":"9781984898876","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_432ec736-f85e-48a8-829a-0e355fd36c8b.jpg?v=1724683883","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/hamnet-9781984898876","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}