Maggie O'Farrell

The groundbreaking debut novel from the bestselling author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT: one of the most extraordinary love stories you'll ever read.*Over 480,000 copies sold* 'This devastatingly skilful love story will break your heart!' Alice Winn'Gripping. Superbly moving' Ali Smith'Such a visceral, heartrending read about grief and love' Claire DaverleyA 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.'Remarkable. Luminous' Observer'Deeply moving' The Times'An amazing study of love and grief as it poses the wrenching question: What do you do with all the love you have for someone when they're gone?' Glamour_____? What readers are saying; ? 'Moving, funny, life affirming and devastating all at once' ? ? ? ? ? 'I have never been so emotionally moved by a book!' ? ? ? ? ? 'Made my heart swell and break in turn. Beautifully written' ? ? ? ? ?

The Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling memoir from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT With an introduction by Ann Patchett? AS FEATURED ON: DESERT ISLAND DISCS, BIG SCOTTISH BOOK CLUB, THE ZOE BALL BOOKCLUB? A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, IRISH TIMES, OBSERVER, RED and THE TELEGRAPH? SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE FOR MEMOIR AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2018'O'Farrell takes up a bow and arrow and aims right at the human heart' The Times______I Am, I Am, I Am is novelist Maggie O'Farrell's unputdownable story of a life told in near-death experiences. A childhood illness she was not expected to survive. A terrifying encounter on a remote path. A mismanaged labour in an understaffed hospital. An ongoing struggle to protect a child from a condition that leaves her daily vulnerable. Insightful, inspirational, gorgeously written, it is a book to devour at a sitting - a story you finish newly conscious of life's fragility, determined to make every heartbeat count.______'Leaves the reader feeling breathless, grateful and fully alive' Ann Patchett'A rare talent to enthral... It will leave you bereft and wanting more' Sunday Times'It is absolutely, in every possible sense of the word, brilliant' Max Porter'I have never read a book about death that has made me feel so alive' Tracy Chevalier

I 1560 FORLATER femten år gamle Lucrezia de’ Medici hjembyen Firenze for å starte sitt ekteskapelige samliv med hertugen av Ferrara. Under et år senere er hun død. Ryktene om at hun var blitt myrdet av sin ektemann, var vanskelige å stoppe. Portrett av en brud er en medrivende fortelling om tenåringen og adelskvinnen Lucrezia, som er klar over at ektemannen vil drepe henne. O'Farrell gir et fascinerende innblikk i livet ved et italiensk renessansehoff og i datidens kvinneliv. Hun skriver glitrende litterært, og lar tanker og følelser krysse århundrer i denne dramatiske og engasjerende historiske romanen.

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 had no idea that everything was about to change. Quiet Bea keeps her shoes polished, folds her clothes every night, and alphabetizes her books. Her rambunctious sister Min wears torn trousers and wades into ponds to collect frogspawn. Above all, Min is a storyteller who loves to chat with everyone. But one day she chokes, and the words forming in her mouth never make it out. Words suddenly feel dangerous, unwieldly. Min is no longer herself--not with some strange creature stealing her words, a creature not even her sister can see. But that doesn't matter, because Bea sees Min. Award-winning author Maggie O'Farrell pulls from her own experiences with stammering to create a realistic portrait of shaken self-confidence and how sharing painful situations with a loved one can make all the difference. Featuring expressive and detailed illustrations from Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini, this book will speak to readers who have ever lost a part of themselves--and found something new in return.

Have you ever woken up suddenly, in the middle of the night, without knowing why? From Maggie O'Farrell,the best-selling and award-winning author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait, comes 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, after all. 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?

Florence, 1557. Lucrezia, the youngest daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, has recently lost her sister and is trying to express her grief through art. On her behalf, her father agrees to marry the ruler of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio. Thus, the socialite lion, his own in the company of artists and musicians, the ruthless politician Alfonso II d'Este takes on the defect instead of the deceased. Now it is Lucrezia's duty to give birth to the heir to the d'Este dynasty. And no matter how noble she is, the young duchess's future hangs in the balance...

Vi er aldrig tættere på livet, end når vi står ansigt til ansigt med døden. JEG ER, JEG ER, JEG ER er Maggie O’Farrells utrolige erindringsbog om de nærdødsoplevelser, der har inddelt og defineret hendes liv. Barndomssygdommen, der holdt hende sengeliggende i et år, og som hun ikke forventedes at overleve. Et skræmmende møde på en afsidesliggende sti. En teenagelængsel efter at flygte, der næsten endte i katastrofe. En kompliceret fødsel på et underbemandet hospital. Gennem sytten separate møder med døden blotlægges et helt liv i en række intense, sanselige øjebliksbilleder, der gør det svært at overse, hvor skrøbeligt livet er – og hvor afgørende det er at få hvert hjerteslag til at tælle.

Gripping, insightful, and deft, The Distance Between Us by Maggie O'Farrell is a haunting story of the way our families shape our lives, from the award-winning author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait. On a cold February afternoon, Stella catches sight of a man she hasn't seen for many years, but instantly recognises. Or thinks she does. At the same moment on the other side of the globe, in the middle of a crowd of Chinese New Year revellers, Jake realises that things are becoming dangerous. They know nothing of one another's existence, but both Stella and Jake flee their lives: Jake in search of a place so remote it doesn't appear on any map, and Stella for a destination in Scotland, the significance of which only her sister, Nina, will understand.

The whimsical Agnes reads people's souls and heals bodies. Fame about the unusual abilities of the falconer girl is spreading around the neighborhood. And now she is already a devoted wife and mother, cultivating a piece of land rented from her brother - Agnes's witch garden. Collects medicinal plants, takes care of children and the apiary. Meanwhile, her husband William conquers the London scene. But one day, death crosses their threshold and, despite all Agnes' efforts to change something, takes away the eleven-year-old Hamnet. The loss of a son changes the relationship between a man and a woman who once loved each other fiercely. A wall of powerful pain and helplessness grows between them. But four years later, William Shakespeare creates the play "Hamlet", reviving both his son and his marriage.

Chi bachili vi svogo jangola? Bulo b divno, jakscho tak, bo ljudi jikh zazvichaj ne bachat. Odnak jangoli podejkujut, scho znajshlasja-taki divchinka, jaka bachila j chula odnogo z nikh. Os pro tse mi j khochemo vam rozpovisti - pro te, jak Silvi stvorila svogo jangola i jak vin jiji zakhischav.

Terane silmapaar raamatu kaanel kuulub Lucrezia de' Medicile. Ta oli Toscana suurhertsogi Cosimo I tütar ning anti lapseohtu tüdrukuna naiseks Ferrara hertsogile Alfonso II d'Estele. Juba 16-aastaselt oli ta surnud - ametlik diagnoos tuberkuloos, kuid jutud käisid ka mürgitamisest. 16. sajandil võis selliseid asju juhtuda. Ega muud me Lucrezia kohta ei teagi. See on tõeline ajalugu, siit algab aga kirjaniku haarav ja fantaasiaküllane lugu. Hetkest sünges üksildases fortezza's, mil Lucrezia taipab: ta kavatseb mu tappa. Sest vastuolulist ja manipuleerivat Alfonsot painab tungiv vajadus saada järglane, et päästa oma suguvõsa hääbumisest, et säilitada oma riik. Kõige selle eest paneb ta aga vastutama ainult oma noore naise ... Sellest siis ka kasvav pinge, ärevus ja ohutunne. Kuigi päris Lucreziat varjab tundmatuse loor, on kirjanik andnud talle mõtted, tunded ja anded, andnud elu - igas mõttes. Loeme ta lapsepõlvest Firenze kuulsas Palazzo Vecchios, liigutavast kohtumisest tiigriga isa loomaaias, poseerimisest (ilmselt olematu) abieluportree jaoks, õõvastavast vägivallateost Ferrara castello's ... Kõik raamatu tegelased ei ole ajaloolised; mitteajaloolistest on eriti sümpaatsed lapsehoidja Sofia ning Lucrezia piimaõde Emilia, kellel on eriline osa ta elus. Maggie O'Farrell (* 1972) on sündinud ja kasvanud Põhja-Iirimaal, elanud Walesis, Shotimaal, Hongkongis ja Itaalias, praegu elab Edinburghis. Ta on üheksa romaani, mälestusteraamatu ja kahe lasteraamatu autor, paljud ta teosed on pälvinud erinevaid auhindu. Ta raamatuid on tõlgitud u 30 keelde (nagu ka "Abieluportree"), eesti keeles on temalt seni ilmunud kolm romaani. M. O'Farrell on töötanud ka ajakirjanikuna.

'She’s like no one I’ve ever met... She’s like fire and water all at once.'Warwickshire, 1582. Agnes Hathaway, a natural healer, meets the Latin tutor, William Shakespeare. Drawn together by powerful but hidden impulses, they create a life together and make a family. As William moves to London to discover his place in the world of theatre, Agnes stays at home to raise their three children but she is the constant presence and purpose of his life. When the plague steals 11-year-old Hamnet from his loving parents, they must each confront their loss alone. And yet, out of the greatest suffering, something of extraordinary wonder is born. This new play based on Maggie O'Farrell's best-selling novel and adapted by award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti (Life of Pi, Red Velvet, Hymn), pulls back a curtain on the imagined family life of the greatest writer in the English language. Hamnet is a love letter to passion, birth, grief and the magic of nature. This updated and revised edition was published to coincide with the West End transfer of the original RSC production in October 2023.

FIRENZE 1545. Lucrezia de’ Medici kommer til verden som femte barn af byens mægtige storhertug og udnytter sin plads midt i søskendeflokken til at leve sit liv i det store palads. Hun sniger sig rundt i dets hemmelige gange, lytter ved dørene og udfolder sit kreative talent ved at tegne og male. Men da hendes ene storesøster dør kort før sit bryllup med hertugen af Ferrara, bliver Lucrezia ufrivilligt kastet ind i rampelyset: Hertugen er hurtig til at anmode om hendes hånd, og hendes far er lige så hurtig til at slå til. Lucrezia lander i en forvirrende ny verden, hvor hun hurtigt bliver klar over, at hendes ægtemand ikke er den mand, han har givet sig ud for at være. Selv hans søstre ser ud til at frygte ham, og én ting står alarmerende klart: Det er Lucrezias ansvar at sikre, at der kommer en arving, der kan sikre familiens fremtidige magt. "Romanen er overdådig i alle henseender, sproget blomstrer som en sommereng, og scenerne sættes med lyde, lys og lugt." ???????? Politiken