Hamnet Av Maggie O'Farrell

<p><b>WINNER OF THE 2020 WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION - THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER 2021</b><br><b>''Richly sensuous... something special'' <i>The Sunday Times</i></b><br><b>''A thing of shimmering wonder'' David Mitchell</b><br><br><b>TWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART.</b><br><br>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?<br><br> Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London.<br><br> Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week.<br><br> <i>Hamnet</i> 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.</p>