All Our Yesterdays: A Novel of Lady Macbeth -- Joel H. Morris, Hardcover

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A propulsive and piercing debut, set ten years before the events of Shakespeare's historic play, about the ambition, power, and fate that define one of literature's most notorious figures: Lady Macbeth.

Scotland, the 11th Century. Born in a noble household and granddaughter of a forgotten Scottish king, a young girl carries the guilt of her mother's death and the weight of an unknowable prophecy. When she is married, at fifteen, to the Mormaer of Moray, she experiences firsthand the violence of a sadistic husband and a kingdom constantly at war. To survive with her young son in a superstitious realm, she must rely on her own cunning and wit, especially when her husband's downfall inadvertently sets them free.

Suspicious of the dark devices that may have led to his father's death, her son watches as his mother falls in love with the enigmatic thane Macbeth. Now a woman of stature, Lady Macbeth confronts a world of masculine power and secures the protection of her family. But the coronation of King Duncan and the political maneuvering of her cousin Macduff set her on a tragic course, one where her own success might mean embracing the very curse that haunts her and risking the child she loves.

Author: Joel H. Morris
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 03/12/2024
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780593715383

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2023 pg. 6
Publishers Weekly 01/08/2024
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2024
Booklist 02/01/2024 pg. 29
Library Journal 01/26/2024 pg. 1

About the Author
Joel H. Morris has a PhD in comparative literary studies from Northwestern University. Recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, he has worked as a bookseller, sailor, and teacher, and lives near Denver, Colorado. All Our Yesterdays is his debut novel.