Barnes & Noble - May 3, 2026

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Ireland, 1865. As the country recovers from tragedy and turbulence, a father and son embark on a journey of survival, resilience and human connection. Maggie O'Farrell, author of Hamnet, explores the sanctity of the natural world in Land.

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An Excerpt from Land

He doesn't feel the cold, doesn't mind the rain. I am waterproof, he likes to say to the scarlet-jacketed soldiers who employ him ... Tomás is useful to them, he knows, not so much for his surveying and draughtsman skills — there are plenty to be found over the water who can do such things — but harder to find someone who has these abilities and can also speak to the locals in their own language. Tomás may be classified in their accounts and ledgers as a "labourer" but the soldier-men cannot do without him.