Maggie O'Farrell - Chapter One

On Friday 1 May, Maggie O'Farrell was live and in conversation on uncovering a story lost to history, about a woman who is much more than the wife of a famous playwright. Hear about her research into Tudor times and Shakespeare's relatively unknown son, who inspired his most famous play.
Buy 'Hamnet' - www.dymocks.com.au/book/9781472223807

[@canonical5]

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell - A harrowing but brilliant novel, that literally bought tears to my eyes (52 yo bloke). Wonderfully written and destined win awards. 10/10

[@paulinebutcherbird]

This is the top selling novel in the UK in April 2021. Even though Hamnet, Shakespeare's son, died aged 11 in 1596, not of the plague because the plague hit Stratford Upon Avon in 1564, the author has Hamnet die of the plague after his sister caught it. Pulls at emotional heart strings to bring in the plague. I care about historical facts. Obviously many don't.

[@kathydent2116]

Infuriating that every nonentity feels the need to interrupt by announcing their presence. Why have Dymocks Books enabled these idiotic distractions?