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Hail, Macbeth! A stunning meditation on the auspiciousness of silence, and intergenerational anguish. The evolution of Shakespeare’s Medea is a marvel to behold by Morris’s pen. I could not put this book down.
— Isa Arsén, author of Shoot the Moon
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A gorgeous evocation of a mother and son in a prison of their own too-powerful story, All Our Yesterdays is a triumph of both research and imagination, a heartbreaking and revelatory read.
— Jennifer Croft, author of The Extinction of Irena Rey
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Lady Macbeth is surely one of our most instantly recognizable characters, a shorthand now for heartless and overweening ambition. In All Our Yesterdays, Morris has given her the deep, nuanced, and complicated backstory she deserves. With witches! Thoroughly engrossing, highly recommended.
— Karen Joy Fowler, author of Booth and We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
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Richly atmospheric, All Our Yesterdays takes the familiar material as a departure point and gives fresh voice to a woman maligned by history, tracing a mother’s unlikely rise to power and infusing it with political intrigue, dark magic, and the searing heartache of parenthood.
— Olga Grushin, author of The Charmed Wife and Forty Rooms
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[A] beautiful interpretation, which is so rich in its descriptions and well-crafted characters. . . A most enjoyable setup for the Scottish play.
— Kirkus Reviews (starred)
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Hail, Macbeth! A stunning meditation on the auspiciousness of silence, and intergenerational anguish. The evolution of Shakespeare’s Medea is a marvel to behold by Morris’s pen. I could not put this book down.
— Isa Arsén, author of Shoot the Moon
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“Intriguing. . . Crisp, no-nonsense prose conveys the narrative’s gathering darkness [and] Morris intelligently explores the era’s gender dynamics. . . [An] entertaining prequel to Shakespeare’s complex and haunting tragedy.
— Publishers Weekly
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A CrimeReads Most Anticipated Book of 2024
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Thoughtful, eerie, and full of medieval magic, Morris’ take on the much-maligned lady will perhaps have you rooting for her and her partner, or at least, feeling some sympathy for her quest of vengeance.
— CrimeReads
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All characters are drawn with inventiveness and depth. . . Entirely illuminating. . . [A] beautifully realized tale of a daughter, mother, and wife ultimately at the mercy of Fate’s unknowable interventions.
— Booklist
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[A] wonderfully atmospheric novel. Morris drops the reader into a fully realized 11th-century world with all the sights and sounds. Carefully chosen words and small details shape this fearful and foreboding world. . . [A] rich study of one of the most vilified literary characters.
— Historical Novels Review
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Richly atmospheric, All Our Yesterdays takes the familiar material as a departure point and gives fresh voice to a woman maligned by history, tracing a mother’s unlikely rise to power and infusing it with political intrigue, dark magic, and the searing heartache of parenthood.
— Olga Grushin, author of The Charmed Wife and Forty Rooms
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A CrimeReads Most Anticipated BookA Paste.com Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Pick
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"All Our Yesterdays is already drawing comparisons to Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet should have literature nerds frothing at the bit.
— Paste