{"product_id":"hamnet-movie-tie-in-edition-9798217009152","title":"Hamnet (Movie Tie-In Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - Now a major motion picture starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn, directed by ACADEMY AWARD(R) winner Chloé Zhao.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Portrait \u003c\/i\u003edelivers a deeply moving novel about the death of Shakespeare's eleven-year-old son, Hamnet, and the years leading up to the production of his great play.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Miraculous... brilliant... A novel told with the urgency of a whispered prayer -- or curse... A richly drawn and intimate portrait of 16th-century English life set against the arrival of one devastating death.\" --Ron Charles, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngland, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young Latin tutor--penniless and bullied by a violent father--falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family's land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is just taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHamnet\u003c\/i\u003e is mesmerizing, seductive, impossible to put down--a magnificent leap forward from one of our most gifted novelists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maggie O'Farrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.13w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217009152","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44419195109421,"sku":"9798217009152","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_cc364e44-a226-4f7c-af51-c5e2d0ade88e.jpg?v=1765733736","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/hamnet-movie-tie-in-edition-9798217009152","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}