{"product_id":"hamnet-9781472223821","title":"Hamnet","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2020 WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION - THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Richly sensuous... something special'' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A thing of shimmering wonder'' David Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHamnet\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStunning\u003c\/b\u003e.  The writing is exquisite, \u003cb\u003eimmersive and compelling\u003c\/b\u003e... deserves to win prizes -- Marian Keyes\u003cbr\u003eThe story of Hamnet Shakespeare has been waiting in the shadows for over four hundred years. Maggie O'Farrell brings it \u003cb\u003edazzlingly, devastatingly\u003c\/b\u003e, into the light -- Kamila Shamsie\u003cbr\u003eGrief and loss so finely written I could hardly bear to read it -- Sarah Moss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeartstopping\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eHamnet\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003edoes for the Shakespeare story what Jean Rhys did for \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, inhabiting, enlarging and enriching it in ways that will alter the reader's view for ever -- Patrick Gale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlisteringly brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e... You'll lap up this intricately told story of grief, love and the bond between twins * Cosmopolitan *\u003cbr\u003e[A] rich imagining of the lives of Shakespeare's family \u003cb\u003eenchants\u003c\/b\u003e... O'Farrell's remarkable novel \u003cb\u003ebursts with life\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ebeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e read. A \u003cb\u003edevastating\u003c\/b\u003e one. Intricate, and \u003cb\u003ebreathtakingly imaginative\u003c\/b\u003e * Rachel Joyce *\u003cbr\u003eA bold undertaking. \u003cb\u003eBeautifully imagined and written\u003c\/b\u003e * Claire Tomalin *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichly sensuous\u003c\/b\u003e...something special * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe novel of her career\u003c\/b\u003e... everyone I know who has managed to get hold of a copy is \u003cb\u003eabsolutely in love with it\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003estaggeringly beautiful and unbearably poignant\u003c\/b\u003e novel. O'Farrell is one of the most surprisingly quiet radicals in fiction * Scotsman *","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739417129303,"sku":"9781472223821","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472223821.jpg?v=1720052187","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hamnet-9781472223821","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}