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Maggie O'Farrell
Two extraordinary people. A love that draws them together. A loss that threatens to tear them apart.
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Set at the heart of the treacherous political world of the Italian Renaissance, this is the masterful story of a young woman's battle for her very survival, written with all…
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An impassioned, intense, haunting family drama from the author of AFTER YOU’D GONE and INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE
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The Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller - an extraordinarily intimate memoir of the the brushes with death that have made Maggie O'Farrell the woman and the writer she is today.
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Set at the heart of the treacherous political world of the Italian Renaissance, this is the masterful story of a young woman’s battle for her very survival, written with all…
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An addictive and unforgettable novel of a marriage in freefall, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2016.
An unforgettable portrait of an Irish family in crisis in the legendary heatwave of 1976
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"A haunting story of the way our families shape our lives"--
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Dr Elaine Canning
Bringing together cultural analysis and textual readings on critically-acclaimed bestseller and winner of the prestigious Women's Prize for Fiction, Maggie O'Farrell, this collection covers her nine novels, her memoir I…
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…
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Maggie O'Farrell’s groundbreaking debut: a stunning, best-selling story of wrenching love and grief
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This is a sensual and unnerving story of passion, attachment and the strange, indissoluble connection we have with our partner’s former lovers. It is the second novel by the author…
Maggie O'Farrell’s bestselling novel about childhood fears, families and love
An unforgettable novel of love and motherhood from bestselling author Maggie O'Farrell
Charlotte Bronte
A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Charlotte Bronte’s masterpiece that includes a new introduction by Maggie O'Farrell. As an orphan, Jane’s childhood is full of trouble, but her stubborn independence…
Barbara Comyns
Barbara Comyns’ delightful classic novel set in bohemian 1930s London, with a new introduction by Maggie O'Farrell.
Lisa Medved
Two women, a mysterious map, and a family secret spanning hundreds of years ... A stunning art history thriller set around the life, times, and feuds of the artist Peter…
Elspeth Barker
‘A surreal, hilarious and dark story of a troubled adolescence deep in the wilds of Scotland’ Maggie O'Farrell, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2020
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Frustrated with her parents’ country life, Lexie Sinclair escapes to London where she learns to be a reporter, embrace her postwar freedom, and, when she finds herself pregnant, raises the…
A gothic, intricate tale of family secrets, lost lives, and the freedom brought by truth, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox is a haunting look into one woman’s tragic past.
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I am, I am, I am is Sunday Times bestseller and Costa Novel-Award winner Maggie O'Farrell’s electric and shocking memoir of the near death experiences that have punctuated her life…
Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Tinder Press, an imprint of Headline Publishing Group, a Hachette UK Company, London, in 2016, and in the United States by Alfred…
A novel of two women–a writer and a painter–who are connected across fifty years by love stories, family secrets, and motherhood.
A novel set in Renaissance Italy, and centering on the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de’ Medici –
The stunning, groundbreaking debut novel of wrenching love and grief from the New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait and National Book Circle Award Winner Hamnet
Alice Raikes…
Maggie O'Farrell has now sold over a million books in the UK through Bookscan. She is consistently a hardback bestseller - THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE sold just over…
Originally published: London: Tinder Press, 2017.
This is a Borzoi book –Title page verso.
WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FINALIST * REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * The author of award-winning Hamnet brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright…
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait and Hamnet comes an intense, unnerving and passionate story of betrayal, loss and love, with all the frisson and…
Um extraordinario livro de memorias - contado inteiramente atraves de experiencias de quase morte - de uma das romancistas mais vendidas da Gra-Bretanha. Nunca estamos mais perto da vida do…
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Amanda Craig
* A gripping, topical novel - a detective story, a love story and a book about contemporary Britain
Based on Maggie O'Farrell's award-winning novel of the same name, and adapted by the Olivier-award winning Lolita Chakrabarti, Hamnet is a fictional account of Shakespeare's youngest son.
This first novel explores the chain of events which, in the social circumstances and mores of Scotland of the forties and fifties, cause the bizarre death of a young girl…
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
First published in 1892, this perfect novel portrays with chilling power the powerlessness of women within Victorian marriage.
