Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell
Maggie O’Farrell is a skilled writer, deft in expressing the joys and sorrows of family life, and no less so in her latest novel. Hamnet (Tinder Press, 2020) is inspired by the short life of Shakespeare’s only son, who died in Stratford in 1596.
O’Farrell’s books tend to delve into a particular theme. After You. . .