Literary Fiction

Hamnet

by Maggie O'Farrell

A reimagining of Shakespeare's family life through the eyes of his wife, Agnes, a gifted healer with uncanny abilities. When plague strikes their son Hamnet, the tragedy reverberates through their lives and art. O'Farrell weaves grief, love, and the power of memory into a luminous portrait of loss and creative transformation.

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