Loving Will Shakespeare
Grade 8 Up–With little factual material to work with (other than the famous second best bed bequeathed to her in Shakespeare's will), Meyer has created a fascinating, complex young woman. Agnes Anne Hathaway lost her mother in her early teen years, and her stepmother was cantankerous and verbally abusive. This first-person narrative follows the ups and downs of the subject's life as more children enter the home and she continues to feel lonely, shunted aside, and fearful of ever gaining real happiness. Since she's seven years older and a close friend of the family, she has known Will since his birth, and when he blossoms into a handsome, intelligent 18-year-old, she is mesmerized by his energy, charm, and creativity. Teenage girls will relate to Anne's rebellion against life's limitations and her fear of never being loved, and rural Elizabethan life is vividly depicted in this bittersweet romance.–Melissa Moore, Union University Library, Jackson, TNCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.