The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
The Story of Lucy Gault . . . once read, will never be forgotten.--The Washington Post Book World Trevor was our twentieth century Chekov.--Wall Street Journal The stunning novel from highly acclaimed author William Trevor is a brilliant, subtle, and moving story of love, guilt, and forgiveness. The Gault family leads a life of privilege in early 1920s Ireland, but the threat of violence leads the parents of nine-year-old Lucy to decide to leave for England, her mother's home. Lucy cannot bear the thought of leaving Lahardane, their country house with its beautiful land and nearby beach, and a dog she has befriended. On the day before they are to leave, Lucy runs away, hoping to convince her parents to stay. Instead, she sets off a series of tragic misunderstandings that affect all of Lahardane's inhabitants for the rest of their lives.
William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork. He has written many novels, and has won many prizes including the Hawthornden Prize, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award, and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. His most recent novel Love and Summer was longlisted for the Booker Prize. He is also a renowned writer of short stories, and his two-volume Collected Stories was published by Viking Penguin in 2009. In 1999 William Trevor received the prestigious David Cohen Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime's literary achievement, and in 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670031542 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670031542 |
| Title | The Story of Lucy Gault |
| Author | William Trevor |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Viking Books |
| Year published | 2002-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 228 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Man Booker Prize (Novel) 2002, Short-listed for Costa Book Awards (Novel) 2002 |
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