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Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
★★★★★· Published 2020· 310 pages· read 2021
The story behind the death of Shakespeare's son, centered on his wife. Luminous. I cried.
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The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman
A lighthouse keeper and his wife keep a baby that washes ashore — and it wrecks everyone. Cried.
★ 5Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan
A coal merchant in small-town Ireland has to decide whether to look away. Tiny book, enormous moral weight. Cried, naturally.
Trespasses
Louise Kennedy
Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a young teacher and an older married man. Kennedy writes tension you can feel in your chest. Excellent.