The British Book Awards 2023 - Fiction Shortlist - hosted by beriboo

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
Maggie O’Farrell’s second historical novel (the first, Hamnet, scooped the Women’s Prize for Fiction), told of a young woman’s battle for self and survival in Renaissance Italy. Tinder Press needed to keep The Marriage Portrait’s surprise ending under wraps but the sumptuous jacket was central to the online campaign, with the cover reveal animation viewed over 16,000 times. 
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339 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

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