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Learwife by J.R. Thorp

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LEARWIFE by J R THORP

Based on the absent wife from Shakespeare’s King Lear, this novel picks up where the bard left off. Lear’s wife has been banished to a nunnery (‘get thee to a nunnery!’ Hamlet) and has just learnt the news of her husband and daughters’ deaths. She is desperate to leave the abbey to find their graves and mourn them properly, but there are many obstacles to overcome first… 

The language in this novel is enough to make Shakespeare smile. At times, I felt I could have been reading something written four hundred years ago. 

For me, this was a slow novel, so I took my time with it. And I’m glad that I did. It’s too special to be rushed. 

For the review that renewed my excitement in this book check out @footnotes.and.tangents and also @bookwormellie 

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