Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

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Drawing-on-Maggie-O’Farrell’s-long-term-fascination-with-the-little-known-story-behind-Shakespeare’s-most-enigmatic-play, Hamnet is-a-luminous-portrait-of-a-marriage,-at-its-heart-the-loss-of-a-beloved-child.Warwickshire-in-the-1580s.-Agnes-is-a-woman-as-feared-as-she-is-sought-after-for-her-unusual-gifts.-She-settles-with-her-husband-in-Henley-street,-Stratford,-and-has-three-children:-a-daughter,-Susanna,-and-then-twins,-Hamnet-and-Judith.-The-boy,-Hamnet,-dies-in-1596,-aged-eleven.-Four-years-or-so-later,-the-husband-writes-a-play-called-Hamlet.Award-winning-author-Maggie-O’Farrell’s-new-novel-breathes-full-blooded-life-into-the-story-of-a-loss-usually-consigned-to-literary-footnotes,-and-provides-an-unforgettable-vindication-of-Agnes,-a-woman-intriguingly-absent-from-history.A New-York-Times Notable-Book-(2020),-Best-Book-of-2020: Guardian, Financial-Times, Literary-Hub,-and NPR.