{"product_id":"hamnet-read-the-bestselling-book-before-you-see-the-award-winning-film-9781035431335","title":"Hamnet: Read the bestselling book before you see the award winning film","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**NOW A MAJOR FILM,**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER: WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003cbr\u003eWINNER: FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, BRITISH BOOK AWARDS\u003cbr\u003eWINNER: BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER'S CHOICE AWARD\u003cbr\u003eWINNER: NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED: AN POST IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR, WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSunday TImes\u003c\/i\u003e No. 1 bestseller that inspired the major film starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Richly sensuous... something special' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stunning. Immersive and compelling' Marian Keyes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe untold love story that inspired Shakespeare's greatest masterpiece.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\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?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheir mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHamnet \u003c\/i\u003etells the powerful story of Agnes and Will, and of the son whose life has been all but forgotten, but who inspired one of the greatest plays ever written.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e -----\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Fall in love with HAMNET this year*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'HAMNET is a feast for the senses'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of my favourite books of the year. Simply gorgeous'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Words fail me... this story had me feeling everything'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I read and reread passages throughout this exceptional novel'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781035431335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 25 Nov 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Headline Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.6(H)x12.8(L)x2.8(W)269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 269\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eMaggie O'Farrell is the author of HAMNET, Winner of the  Women's Prize for Fiction 2020, and the memoir I AM, I AM, I AM, both \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e no. 1 bestsellers.  Her novels include AFTER YOU'D GONE, MY LOVER'S LOVER, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE, which won the 2010 Costa Novel Award, INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize. She is also the author of three books for children, WHERE SNOW ANGELS GO, THE BOY WHO LOST HIS SPARK and WHEN THE STAMMER CAME TO STAY. She lives in Edinburgh.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cb\u003eStunning\u003c\/b\u003e.  The writing is exquisite, \u003cb\u003eimmersive and compelling\u003c\/b\u003e... deserves to win prizes\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\u003cbr\u003eGrief and loss so finely written I could hardly bear to read it\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\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. 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