Hamnet & Judith / Maggie O'Farrell.
Material type: TextPublisher: Toronto : Knopf Canada, 2020Description: 384 pagesContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780735280175
- 0735280177
- Hamnet and Judith
- 823/.914 23
- cci1icc
- Issued also in electronic format.
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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BOOK | Meaford Public Library Fiction | Fiction | FIC O'Farr (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 10/15/2024 | 21397 |
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Published in the UK as Hamnet and published in North America as Hamnet and Judith.
"A story about the death of a child and the birth of a masterpiece in 16th century England, Hamnet & Judith is mesmerizing, heart-wrenching, impossible to put down--historical fiction at its finest. On a summer's day in 1596, Judith, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon, takes to her bed with a 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 parent knows that one of the children will not survive the week. Hamnet & Judith is a novel inspired by the children of a famous playwright. It is a story of the bond between twins, and of a marriage pushed to the brink by grief. It is also the story of a kestrel and its mistress; a flea that boards a ship in Alexandria; and a glovemaker's son who flouts convention in pursuit of the woman he loves. Above all, it is a tender and unforgettable reimagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written."-- Provided by publisher.
Issued also in electronic format.
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