The International Bestseller
โLois Leveenโs richly detailed, fascinating novel offers a wholly original and intriguing take on one of Shakespeareโs most beloved playsโ (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 Cappellettisโ darkest secrets. Those secretsโand the nurseโs deep personal griefโerupt across five momentous days of love and loss that destroy a daughter, and a family.
By turns sensual, tragic, and comic, Julietโs Nurse gives voice to one of literatureโs most memorable and distinctive characters, a woman who was both insider and outsider among Veronaโs wealthy ruling class. Exploring the romance and intrigue of interwoven loyalties, rivalries, jealousies, and losses only hinted at in Shakespeareโs play, this is a never-before-heard tale of the deepest love in Veronaโthe love between a grieving woman and the precious child of her heart.
In the tradition of Sarah Dunant, Philippa Gregory, and Geraldine Brooks, Julietโs Nurse is a rich prequel that reimagines the worldโs most cherished tale of love and loss, suffering and survival.