Buzz Books & Bubbles: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell + MOVIE

Hello Wineaxus!

So...we're switching up Buzz Books & Bubbles for December with an added MOVIE!!

Hamnet: The Movie based on the book by Maggie O' Farrell will land in theaters (wide release) on this day December 12. Most likely be wise to get tickets in advance when they go on sale and I will keep everyone up to date with that. I have no idea showtimes, etc, but thinking we will go see it at Fashion Square Mall as there are many places to eat and discuss the book afterwards.

The Movie: "A monumental cinematic experience." Watch the official trailer for HAMNET, winner of the 2025 TIFF People's Choice Award. Starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal. From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, Hamnet tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

Watch the Hamnet Movie Trailer

This movie is getting MAJOR OSCAR BUZZ, early predictions have it nominated as Best Picture and all the major awards that follow.

THE BOOK:
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 Shakespeare’s life ... here is a novel ... so gorgeously written that it transports you." —The Boston Globe

England, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on.

A young Latin tutor—penniless and bullied by a violent father—falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family’s land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is just taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever.

Page Count: 321
Publish Date: May 18, 2021
Audiobook: 12 hours, 42 minutes - read by author

Amazon Link to Book

RSVP'S: This is a small-group book club limited to only 8 people. So sign up early and please update your RSVP if you are unable to make it to allow someone else off the waitlist.

LOCATION AND TIMES: Exact time and location, theater and bar/restaurant will be posted as soon as I know the showtimes of the movie. Mostly like two weeks in advance. Time posted for this event is just an estimate.