Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet, a novel by Maggie O'Farrell, offers a poignant and immersive exploration of life, love, and loss in 16th century England. Set in Stratford-upon-Avon, the narrative beautifully intertwines the lives of ordinary people with extraordinary events, centred around a family dealing with unforeseeable grief. As the story unfolds, we follow the lives of Agnes, a woman with mystical healing powers...

The Sunday Times top 10 bestselling summer read from author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT Over 380,000 copies sold Shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Novel Award 'Addictive. Told with real humanity, warmth, and infectious love' Observer _____ It's July 1976 and London is in the grip of a heatwave. It hasn't rained for months, the gardens are filled with...

The Sunday Times top 10 bestselling novel from the author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait Over 400,000 copies sold Winner of the 2010 Costa Novel Award Exquisitely sensual - Emma Donoghue, author of Room Fresh out of university and in disgrace, Lexie Sinclair is waiting for life to begin. When the sophisticated Innes Kent turns up on her doorstep...

The intense and breathtakingly accomplished novel from the bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait 440,000 copies sold 'Seductive in style, prickly, disturbing and delicious' Olivia Laing Edinburgh in the 1930s. The Lennox family is having trouble with its youngest daughter. Esme is outspoken, unconventional, and repeatedly embarrasses them in polite society. Something will have to be done. Years...

The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT 'Insightful and emotionally raw' Daily Telegraph ______ When Lily moves into Marcus's flat, she is intrigued by signs of his recently departed ex-lover. A single dress left hanging in the wardrobe, a mysterious mark on the wall, the lingering odour of jasmine. Who was this...

The Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT Over 260,000 copies sold Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 'O'Farrell writes with lyrical precision about sex, fear and sibling rivalry... graceful and hypnotic' Observer 'You care passionately about her characters . . . wildly enjoyable' The Times _____ On a cold London afternoon, Stella encounters...

THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION NOW A MAJOR FILM BY CHLOE ZHAO STARRING JESSIE BUCKLEY AND PAUL MESCAL 'Richly sensuous... something special' The Sunday Times 'A thing of shimmering wonder' David Mitchell A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART. On a summer's day in 1596, a...

Inspired by the mapping of Ireland in the mid nineteenth century, Land, the new novel from the author of Hamnet, is at once intimate and epic: a portrait of a family navigating a legacy of upheaval and loss with love and hope. On a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomás and his reluctant son, Liam, are working for the great...

I thought I had made myself clear. I want something that conveys her majesty, her bloodline. Do you understand? She is no ordinary mortal. Treat her thus. Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings. But when her older sister dies...

The new children’s book from multi-award-winning author of Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell, paired once more with Daniela Terrazzini’s stunning illustrations. When Jem and his family move to the countryside, he doesn’t like his new home one bit. It’s an old cottage on the side of a hill, where strange things keep happening: shoes are filled up with conkers, the stairs become...

Have you ever woken up suddenly, in the middle of the night, without knowing why? Best-selling and award-winning author of Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell weaves an extraordinary and compelling modern fairy tale about the bravery of a little girl and the miracle of a snowy day. Sylvie wakes one night, suddenly, without knowing why. Then she sees the most spectacular sight...

From Maggie O'Farrell, the multi award-winning author of Hamnet, and the stunning imagination of Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini, comes a hopeful and powerful new book, based on Maggie's own experience on living with a stammer.Sisters Bea and Min couldn't be any more different – Bea is neat and tidy; Min is messy and mucky. Together, they are a perfect pair because...

She’s like no one I’ve ever met... She’s like fire and water all at once. Warwickshire, 1582. Agnes Hathaway, a natural healer, meets the Latin tutor, William Shakespeare. Drawn together by powerful but hidden impulses, they create a life together and make a family. As William moves to London to discover his place in the world of theatre, Agnes stays...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • Now a major motion picture starring ACADEMY AWARD® winner Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn, directed by Chloé Zhao. The acclaimed author of the Reese's Book Club pick The Marriage Portrait delivers a deeply moving novel about the death of Shakespeare’s eleven-year-old son, Hamnet, and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • Now a major motion picture starring ACADEMY AWARD® winner Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn, directed by Chloé Zhao. The acclaimed author of the Reese's Book Club pick The Marriage Portrait delivers a deeply moving novel about the death of Shakespeare’s eleven-year-old son, Hamnet, and...

From the New York Times best-selling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait comes a gothic, intricate work of historical fiction about family secrets, lost lives, and the freedom brought by truth. "I found this actually unputdownable... Reminiscent of classic writers like Rebecca West and Daphne du Maurier." – Ali Smith, author of Autumn In the middle of tending to...

WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FINALIST • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER The author of the award-winning Hamnet brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life in this unforgettable fictional portrait of the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici as she makes her way in a troubled court. “I could not stop reading this incredible...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of Hamnet, The Marriage Portrait is a dazzling evocation of the Italian Renaissance in all its beauty and brutality. Winter, 1561. Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, is taken on an unexpected visit to a country villa by her husband, Alfonso. As they sit down to dinner, it occurs to Lucrezia that Alfonso...

The Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling memoir from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT With an introduction by Ann Patchett⭐AS FEATURED ON: DESERT ISLAND DISCS, BIG SCOTTISH BOOK CLUB, THE ZOE BALL BOOKCLUB⭐ A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, IRISH TIMES, OBSERVER, RED and THE TELEGRAPH⭐ SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE...

The Sunday Times no. 3 bestselling novel from the author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait Over 330,000 copies sold Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 'A complex, riveting novel of love and hope that grips at the heart' The Sunday Times A reclusive former film star living in the wilds of Ireland, Claudette Wells thinks nothing of firing a...

The groundbreaking debut novel from the bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait: one of the most extraordinary love stories you'll ever read. Over 480,000 copies sold 'This devastatingly skilful love story will break your heart!' — Alice Winn 'Gripping. Superbly moving' — Ali Smith 'Such a visceral, heartrending read about grief and love' — Claire Daverley A distraught...

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death is an extraordinary memoir that delves deep into the moments that stand between life and death, written by Maggie O'Farrell, a Costa Novel-Award winner and Sunday Times bestselling author. This book is not just a mere recounting of instances; it is an eloquent and thought-provoking exploration of the fragility and...

A top-ten bestseller 2016, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award, This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell crosses time zones and continents to reveal an extraordinary portrait of a marriage. 'A complex, riveting novel of love and hope that grips at the heart' The Sunday Times A reclusive ex-film star living in the wilds of Ireland, Claudette Wells is...

On a cold February afternoon, Stella catches sight of a man she hasn't seen for many years, but she instantly recognises him. Or thinks she does. At the same moment on the other side of the globe, in the middle of a crowd of Chinese New Year revellers, Jake realises that things are becoming dangerous. They know nothing of one...

A story of a dysfunctional but deeply loveable family reunited, set during the legendary summer of 1976, Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell was shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Novel Award and was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller (2013). It's July 1976. In London, it hasn't rained for months, gardens are filled with aphids, water comes from a...