Why did Suzanne love this book?
I'm always happily surprised when a beautifully, long-winded literary book like this is so popular.
O'Farrell has a vivid imagination, and though there was a slow section toward the last third of the book that made me wonder where this story was going, I absolutely loved the way the ending pulled it all together.
42 authors picked Hamnet as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
WINNER OF THE 2020 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION - THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER 2021
'Richly sensuous... something special' The Sunday Times
'A thing of shimmering wonder' David Mitchell
TWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART.
On 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?
Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London.
Neither…