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Maggie O'Farrell talks about her highly anticipated new novel, 'Land'

NPR | By Scott Simon

Published May 30, 2026 at 7:41 AM EDT

NPR's Scott Simon talks with "Hamnet" author Maggie O'Farrell, whose new novel, "Land," draws on her own family's history with Ireland's Great Famine.

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