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'Hamnet' novelist Maggie O'Farrell turns to her own family story in 'Land'

NPR | By Sam Briger

Published June 2, 2026 at 10:53 AM CDT

O'Farrell's new novel is based on the story of her own great, great-grandfather, and tells the story of a father and son mapping 19th-century Ireland after the devastation of the Great Famine.

Sam Briger