Shakespeare’s Daughter
- Author Peter W. Hassinger
- Narrator Kathleen Chalfant
- Publish Date 15 August 2017
- Run Time 5 hours and 34 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: First experiences and growing up.
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What to expect
Susanna Shakespeare finds the small town of Stratford-upon-Avon much too quiet and provincial. She yearns to travel to London to see her father’s world of players and poets—and to follow a secret dream of her own. Once Susanna arrives in London, nothing is quite as she expected it to be, least of all her relationship with her famous father. But propelled by her love for Thomas Cole, a Catholic chorister, and her desire to sing, Susanna discovers that it is only with the support of those who love her that she has the strength to succeed.
Screenwriter Peter W. Hassinger creates a Shakespearean tale rife with imagery and beauty that pays homage to the Bard himself.
Critics Review
u201cThis involving mystery offers fascinating insight into womenu2019s realities in Shakespeareu2019s time.u201d
u201cA lively fictional accountu2026Hassinger plays intriguingly with what is known about this time and placeu2026Thereu2019s spirited talk about language, theater, and most especially about music, and the plot elopes with ease.u201d
u201cThe strength of the novel is in the believable recreation of life in Elizabethan England, with the religious tensions between Catholics and Protestants and with the limits on a young womanu2019s ability to pursue her creative talentsu2014even with Queen Elizabeth the head of the country. The other aspects of the storyu2014an adolescent girl finding her own strengths, her first love, coping with estranged parentsu2014will appeal to all YA readers.u201d
u201cAbout coming of age, taking risks, and being set free.u201d
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