Hamnet Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers the optimism of Reconstruction

the optimism of Reconstruction

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

prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs

ruled by a powerful showman who’s been waiting for Kallia to finally cross his stage

video game–obsessed Anton

Hamnet Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers the optimism of ReconstructionNATIONAL 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