Juliets Nurse, Lois Leveen
Juliets Nurse, Lois Leveen
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Juliet's Nurse

Author: Lois Leveen

Narrator: Nicola Barber

Unabridged: 10 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/23/2014


Synopsis

The International Bestseller

“Lois Leveen’s richly detailed, fascinating novel offers a wholly original and intriguing take on one of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays” (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 Cappellettis’ darkest secrets. Those secrets—and the nurse’s deep personal grief—erupt across five momentous days of love and loss that destroy a daughter, and a family.

By turns sensual, tragic, and comic, Juliet’s Nurse gives voice to one of literature’s most memorable and distinctive characters, a woman who was both insider and outsider among Verona’s wealthy ruling class. Exploring the romance and intrigue of interwoven loyalties, rivalries, jealousies, and losses only hinted at in Shakespeare’s play, this is a never-before-heard tale of the deepest love in Verona—the love between a grieving woman and the precious child of her heart.

In the tradition of Sarah Dunant, Philippa Gregory, and Geraldine Brooks, Juliet’s Nurse is a rich prequel that reimagines the world’s most cherished tale of love and loss, suffering and survival.

About Lois Leveen

Award-winning author Lois Leveen dwells in the spaces where literature and history meet. Her work has appeared in numerous literary and scholarly journals, as well as The New York Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, Bitch magazine, The Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, and on NPR. Lois gives talks about writing and history at universities, museums, and libraries around the country. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with two cats, one Canadian, and 60,000 honeybees. Visit her online at LoisLeveen.com and Facebook.com/LoisLeveen.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Annette on June 14, 2018

This is the first book I've read by this author and right away I was impressed with her rare talent. The story, based on Shakespeare’s most famous play, is written with eloquent and vivid language. Through the eyes of a wet-nurse, we get to know the stories of two households, her and her employer. T......more

Goodreads review by Sayuri on January 16, 2025

"Un hombre llorará de alegría cuando su mujer ha parido a su hijo. Un hombre de corazón tierno quizá hasta llore lágrimas de asombro ante la delicada belleza de su propia hija. Pero este sonido animal que surge de Pietro es distinto. Lo conozco, y el conocimiento se clava como una lanza aguda entre......more

Goodreads review by Sayuri on January 16, 2025

"Un hombre llorará de alegría cuando su mujer ha parido a su hijo. Un hombre de corazón tierno quizá hasta llore lágrimas de asombro ante la delicada belleza de su propia hija. Pero este sonido animal que surge de Pietro es distinto. Lo conozco, y el conocimiento se clava como una lanza aguda entre......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on February 17, 2021

This is an interesting and provocative retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story from the perspective of Juliet's nurse. The author Lois Leveen has a rich and engaging style. She fleshes out the character of Angelica very well and gives her a strong identity that goes beyond that of Juliet's nurse, wh......more

Goodreads review by Rosemary on September 06, 2020

This is a well-written and enjoyable companion to the Shakespeare play with an imaginative but plausible backstory. It's always enjoyable to revisit an old favourite and the shift of focus from the two young lovers to another character gives the well-worn story new life. Angelica's first person narra......more