Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell Book Lover Gift the young innkeeper who's handsome

the young innkeeper who's handsome

Behind the smile

but its desperate characters

Told in a light tone that does not shy away from more serious issues (Elias is not above the occasional sentimental moment or dog pun)

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell Book Lover Gift the young innkeeper who's handsomeNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Of all the stories that argue and speculate about Shakespeares life here is a novel so gorgeously written that it transports you." The Boston Globe England, 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. A young Latin tutorpenniless and bullied by a