Maggie O. Farrell Knihy

Manželský pár, který žil v osmdesátých letech šestnáctého století v Henley Street ve Stratfordu, měl tři děti, starší Susannu a mladší dvojčata Hamneta a Judith. Hamnet zemřel v roce 1596 ve věku jedenácti let. Zhruba o čtyři roky později napsal jeho otec hru Hamlet. Hamnet se inspiruje životem slavného dramatika. Je to příběh o poutu mezi dvojčaty a o manželství poznamenaném žalem. A také o neobyčejné ženě, jejíž jméno se většinou zmiňuje jen na okraj, o bleše, která se nalodí v Alexandrii, a o synovi rukavičkáře, jenž se pro milovanou ženu vzepře konvencím. Ze všeho nejvíc je to ale něžné a nezapomenutelné vyprávění o chlapci, na nějž se téměř zapomnělo, avšak jeho jméno přetrvává v jedné z nejslavnějších her literární historie.

Zima 1561. Mladičkou Lukrécii, vévodkyni z Ferrary, manžel Alfonso znenadání odveze na opuštěné venkovské sídlo. Když poprvé usedají k večeři, přepadne unavenou novomanželku temné podezření. Proč ji odvezl do téhle pustiny? Chce ji zabít. Až dosud žila šestnáctiletá Lukrécie s rodinou za zdmi přepychového paláce ve Florencii. Zde je úplně sama, vydána na milost a nemilost manželovým rozmarům. Co si počne? Má proti vévodovi Alfonsovi, o dvanáct let staršímu válečníkovi, šanci? Dokáže přežít? Portrét novomanželky nám strhujícím způsobem líčí, jak to tehdy mohlo být. A mladá žena, jež zápasila o život před dávnými stoletími, na stránkách románu ožívá a vzbuzuje v nás zaujetí, obavy, soucit i napětí.

Když se Lexie Sinclairová setká s kultivovaným šéfredaktorem a obchodníkem s uměním Innesem Kentem, uvědomí si, že už nemůže dál jen čekat, až její život doopravdy začne. Odjíždí z venkova do Londýna a v srdci umělecké scény Soho padesátých let si vybuduje nový život. V současnosti se Elina a Ted vzpamatovávají z těžkého porodu svého prvního dítěte. Elina se snaží sladit nároky mateřství se svou identitou malířky a Teda trápí vzpomínky na vlastní dětství, které se neshodují s verzí událostí jeho rodičů. Když Ted začne hledat odpovědi, odhalí se neobyčejný portrét dvou žen, jež od sebe sice dělí padesát let, ale jsou spojeny způsobem, který by ani jedna z nich nečekala.

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 tangled in a woollen maze. Jem’s sister Verity is certain it is the work of a “nouka”, an ancient creature from local folklore that lives deep down inside the hill. Jem, however, is adamant that there is no such thing.But this small mythical creature, so attuned to the hearts and minds of others, does exist. And, what’s more, it is determined, through mischief and mayhem, to help Jem reignite the spark within himself once more.

Have you ever woken up suddenly, in the middle of the night, without knowing why? Best-selling and award-winning master storyteller 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 - a pair of wings, enormous in size, made of the softest snow-white feathers imaginable. An angel in her bedroom ... a SNOW angel! He tells her that he is here to look after her, for Sylvie is not as well as she seems... Many months later, as Sylvie recovers from her illness, she longs to see her snow angel again. He saved her life! There is so much she wants to tell him, so much she wants to know! Will he ever come back to her? And how can Sylvie make sure that everyone she loves has their own snow angel, to keep them safe, too?

Exploring sisterly affection, the narrative follows two sisters on a journey of self-discovery and rediscovery of their voices. Through beautiful illustrations, the story delves into the complexities of their relationship, highlighting the themes of identity and connection. The author, known for their previous work, weaves a poignant tale that resonates with anyone who has navigated the bonds of family and the search for personal authenticity.

AFTER YOU'D GONE is the groundbreaking debut novel from the Costa-Award winning Maggie O'Farrell, author of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE and I AM, I AM, I AM. It is a stunning, best-selling novel of wrenching love and grief. A distraught young woman boards a train at King's Cross to return to her family in Scotland. Six hours later, she catches sight of something so terrible in a mirror at Waverley Station that she gets on the next train back to London. AFTER YOU'D GONE follows Alice's mental journey through her own past, after a traffic accident has left her in a coma. A love story that is also a story of absence, and of how our choices can reverberate through the generations, it slowly draws us closer to a dark secret at a family's heart.

"An extraordinary memoir--told entirely in near-death experiences--from one of Britain's best-selling novelists"--

An irresistible love story, an unforgettable family. Best-selling author Maggie O'Farrell captures an extraordinary marriage with insight and laugh-out-loud humor in what Richard Russo calls "her breakout book." Perfect for readers of Where'd You Go, Bernadette. Meet Daniel Sullivan, a man with a complicated life. A New Yorker living in the wilds of Ireland, he has children he never sees in California, a father he loathes in Brooklyn, and a wife, Claudette, who is a reclusive ex-film star given to pulling a gun on anyone who ventures up their driveway. Claudette was once the most glamorous and infamous woman in cinema before she staged her own disappearance and retreated to blissful seclusion in an Irish farmhouse. But the life Daniel and Claudette have so carefully constructed is about to be disrupted by an unexpected discovery about a woman Daniel lost touch with twenty years ago. This revelation will send him off-course, far away from wife, children, and home. Will his love for Claudette be enough to bring him back? - Amazon.com

From the bestselling, critically acclaimed author of HAMNET and I AM, I AM, I AM, comes an intense, breathtakingly accomplished story of a woman's life stolen, and reclaimed. 'Unputdownable' Ali Smith 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 later, a young woman named Iris Lockhart receives a letter informing her that she has a great-aunt in a psychiatric unit who is about to be released. Iris has never heard of Esme Lennox and the one person who should know more, her grandmother Kitty, seems unable to answer Iris's questions. What could Esme have done to warrant a lifetime in an institution? And how is it possible for a person to be so completely erased from a family's history?