The International Bestseller
âLois Leveenâs richly detailed, fascinating novel offers a wholly original and intriguing take on one of Shakespeareâs most beloved playsâ (New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini).
In Verona, a city ravaged by plague and political rivalries, a mother mourning the death of her day-old infant enters the household of the powerful Cappelletti family to become the wet-nurse to their newborn baby. As she serves her beloved Juliet over the next fourteen years, the nurse learns the Cappellettisâ darkest secrets. Those secretsâand the nurseâs deep personal griefâerupt across five momentous days of love and loss that destroy a daughter, and a family.
By turns sensual, tragic, and comic, Julietâs Nurse gives voice to one of literatureâs most memorable and distinctive characters, a woman who was both insider and outsider among Veronaâs wealthy ruling class. Exploring the romance and intrigue of interwoven loyalties, rivalries, jealousies, and losses only hinted at in Shakespeareâs play, this is a never-before-heard tale of the deepest love in Veronaâthe love between a grieving woman and the precious child of her heart.
In the tradition of Sarah Dunant, Philippa Gregory, and Geraldine Brooks, Julietâs Nurse is a rich prequel that reimagines the worldâs most cherished tale of love and loss, suffering and survival.