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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…
"A haunting story of the way our families shape our lives"--
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Maggie O'Farrell’s bestselling novel about childhood fears, families and love
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An addictive and unforgettable novel of a marriage in freefall, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2016.
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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Maggie O'Farrell’s groundbreaking debut: a stunning, best-selling story of wrenching love and grief
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The intense and breathtakingly accomplished novel from the bestselling author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT
*440,000 copies sold"
'Prickly, disturbing and delicious' Olivia Laing
Edinburgh in the 1930s. The…
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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 and plunges headlong…
The Sunday Times no. 3 bestselling novel from author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT
Over 330,000 copies sold
Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award
'A complex, riveting novel of…
An unforgettable novel of love and motherhood from bestselling author Maggie O'Farrell
An unforgettable portrait of an Irish family in crisis in the legendary heatwave of 1976
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 award-winning author of Hamnet rejoins the illustrator of Where Snow Angels Go for a mischievous tale of ancient magic and modern-day moodiness.
Someone here was sad but pretending not…
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…
An impassioned, intense, haunting family drama from the author of AFTER YOU’D GONE and INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE
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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…
The author of Hamnet explores sisterly affection and what it means to rediscover your voice-and yourself-in this illustrated storybook.
This is the tale of two sisters . . . who…
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
First published in 1892, this perfect novel portrays with chilling power the powerlessness of women within Victorian marriage.
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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Have you ever woken up suddenly, in the middle of the night, without knowing why? From the best-selling and award-winning author of Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell, weaves an extraordinary and compelling…
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…
Marion Taffe
The engrossing and propulsive historical fiction debut from a talented new writer, for readers of Geraldine Brooks' Year of Wonders, Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet, Lauren Groff's Matrix, Robyn Cadwallader's The Anchoress…
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…
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This is a Borzoi book –Title page verso.
One of the U.K.'s most beloved writers--with over 1.5 million books in print--returns with "a beautiful portrait of family life amid an unravelling crisis" -- The Telegraph
It's July 1976…
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…
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.
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…
A novel of two women–a writer and a painter–who are connected across fifty years by love stories, family secrets, and motherhood.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Originally published: London: Tinder Press, 2017.
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…
Alice Raikes lies in a coma in Scotland after an accident that may or may not have been a suicide attempt. With her life hanging in the balance, Alice's family…
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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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.
La extrana desaparicion de Esme Lennox es una historia hermosa e inquietante, que aborda sin ambages el peso de las convenciones sociales y la tortuosa complejidad de los lazos familiares.
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