Hamnet Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers “unvarnished” (The New York Times)

“unvarnished” (The New York Times)

people fear God's wrath and local superstitions – like the story of the Low Man

he steals what he needs

video game–obsessed Anton

From #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Jewell

Hamnet Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers “unvarnished” (The New York Times)NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait delivers a luminous portrait of a marriage, a family ravaged by grief, and a boy whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays of all time. 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