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Rediscover the brilliance of Lucy Carmichael in the Mermaid Collection – timeless classics by pioneering female authors, beautifully reissued to enchant today’s readers.
Originally published in 1951 from the author of beloved holiday classic The Feast comes a glorious coming-of-age tale about a heroine whose wedding day does not go entirely to plan . . .
With a foreword by Lucy Mangan
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‘People seem to get over things, don’t they? I don’t know how, but they do – ordinary people. I’m very ordinary, so I expect I shall do what they do.’
Lucy Carmichael is jilted at the altar. But no matter. Her loving and kind family never liked her explorer fiancé anyway.
Instead of moping or falling into her supportive family’s arms, however, Lucy abandons their suburban home. Heading for the country, she takes up a teaching position in the industrial town of Ravonsbridge.
There, she finds solace in her work, in her new (rather gossipy) colleagues – and rediscovers her sensible young self.
But if Lucy has, despite everything, kept her head – where lies her heart?
Praise for Margaret Kennedy:
'She is not only a romantic but an anarchist, and she knows the ways of men and women very well indeed' Anita Brookner
'Kennedy was immensely popular in her heyday' Washington Post
'Margaret Kennedy's poised style, cool wit and skilful characterization kept her novels welcome for three decades' Cambridge Guide to Literature in English
Editions of Lucy Carmichael
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781405982825
- EBook
- ISBN 9781405982832
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781405984195
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Rediscover the brilliance of Lucy Carmichael in the Mermaid Collection – timeless classics by pioneering female authors, beautifully reissued to enchant today’s readers.
Originally published in 1951 from the author of beloved holiday classic The Feast comes a glorious coming-of-age tale about a heroine whose wedding day does not go entirely to plan . . .
With a foreword by Lucy Mangan
***
‘People seem to get over things, don’t they? I don’t know how, but they do – ordinary people. I’m very ordinary, so I expect I shall do what they do.’
Lucy Carmichael is jilted at the altar. But no matter. Her loving and kind family never liked her explorer fiancé anyway.
Instead of moping or falling into her supportive family’s arms, however, Lucy abandons their suburban home. Heading for the country, she takes up a teaching position in the industrial town of Ravonsbridge.
There, she finds solace in her work, in her new (rather gossipy) colleagues – and rediscovers her sensible young self.
But if Lucy has, despite everything, kept her head – where lies her heart?
Praise for Margaret Kennedy:
'She is not only a romantic but an anarchist, and she knows the ways of men and women very well indeed' Anita Brookner
'Kennedy was immensely popular in her heyday' Washington Post
'Margaret Kennedy's poised style, cool wit and skilful characterization kept her novels welcome for three decades' Cambridge Guide to Literature in English
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Rediscover the brilliance of Lucy Carmichael in the Mermaid Collection – timeless classics by pioneering female authors, beautifully reissued to enchant today’s readers.
Originally published in 1951 from the author of beloved holiday classic The Feast comes a glorious coming-of-age tale about a heroine whose wedding day does not go entirely to plan . . .
With a foreword by Lucy Mangan
***
‘People seem to get over things, don’t they? I don’t know how, but they do – ordinary people. I’m very ordinary, so I expect I shall do what they do.’
Lucy Carmichael is jilted at the altar. But no matter. Her loving and kind family never liked her explorer fiancé anyway.
Instead of moping or falling into her supportive family’s arms, however, Lucy abandons their suburban home. Heading for the country, she takes up a teaching position in the industrial town of Ravonsbridge.
There, she finds solace in her work, in her new (rather gossipy) colleagues – and rediscovers her sensible young self.
But if Lucy has, despite everything, kept her head – where lies her heart?
Praise for Margaret Kennedy:
'She is not only a romantic but an anarchist, and she knows the ways of men and women very well indeed' Anita Brookner
'Kennedy was immensely popular in her heyday' Washington Post
'Margaret Kennedy's poised style, cool wit and skilful characterization kept her novels welcome for three decades' Cambridge Guide to Literature in English
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Lucy Carmichael?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Classic fiction: literary and general
Where can I read a sample of Lucy Carmichael?
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Lucy Carmichael?
Margaret Kennedy
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Lucy Carmichael is available as paperback(ISBN 9781405982825) and ebook(ISBN 9781405982832) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781405984195)
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