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SUMMARY:Millcreek Wednesday Afternoon Book Club
LOCATION:Millcreek\nMillcreek
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DESCRIPTION:Come join our book group for a discussion of "Hamnet" by Maggi
 e O'Farrell\nLoved the book? Hated the book? Couldn't finish it? Come join
  us anyway!\nNewcomers are always welcome! .\nhttps://slcls.libnet.info/ev
 ent/12126712
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: justify\;"><img src="ht
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 />O&rsquo\;Farrell concocts an outstanding masterpiece of Shakespearean ap
 ocrypha in this tale of an unnamed bard&rsquo\;s family living in Stratfor
 d-upon-Avon while his star is rising in London. In 1596\, 11-year-old Hamn
 et &rsquo\;s twin sister\, Judith\, comes down with a sudden\, severe illn
 ess. Hamnet searches urgently for help\, and is treated cruelly by his dru
 nken grandfather\, John\, a glove maker. Hamnet &rsquo\;s mother\, Agnes\,
  known and feared for dispensing mysterious homeopathic remedies\, is at H
 ewlands\, her family&rsquo\;s farmhouse. When she returns home\, Judith sh
 ows undeniable signs of the bubonic plague\, and the diagnosis is confirme
 d by a doctor. O&rsquo\;Farrell then tells of Agnes and her husband&rsquo\
 ;s passionate courtship\, and of Agnes&rsquo\;s stepmother banishing her f
 rom Hewlands after she becomes pregnant. The couple moves into a small\, d
 rafty addition to his parent&rsquo\;s house\, where Agnes&rsquo\;s husband
  grows restless and melancholic in his overbearing\, volatile father&rsquo
 \;s presence\, and she schemes to send him to London to expand John&rsquo\
 ;s business. Throughout\, Agnes possesses keen premonitions and is deeply 
 troubled when she gives birth to twins after their firstborn daughter\, wh
 ich contradicts a vision she&rsquo\;d had that the couple&rsquo\;s two chi
 ldren will stand by her deathbed. More disturbing\, and unbelievable to he
 r\, is Hamnet and Judith&rsquo\;s sudden trading places on the sick bed. O
 &rsquo\;Farrell brilliantly explores the married couple&rsquo\;s relations
 hip\, capturing Agnes&rsquo\;s intuition that her husband is destined for 
 great things in London\, along with her frustration that his world is unkn
 own to her. The book is filled with astonishing\, timely passages\, such a
 s the plague&rsquo\;s journey to Stratford via a monkey&rsquo\;s flea from
  Alexandria. This is historical fiction at its best.</p>\n<p style="text-a
 lign: justify\;">This is hybrid meeting\, we will be meeting in person\, b
 ut there is an option to join us virtually if you would like. Email mccref
 @slcolibrary.org for information.</p>\nhttps://slcls.libnet.info/event/121
 26712
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