Remarkable Creatures
by Tracy Chevalier | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0452296722 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0452296722 Global Overview for this book
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On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, poor and uneducated Mary learns that she has a unique gift: "the eye" to spot ammonites and other fossils no one else can see. When she uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near her home, she sets the religious community on edge, the townspeople to gossip, and the scientific world alight. After enduring bitter cold, thunderstorms, and landslips, her challenges only grow when she falls in love with an impossible man.
Mary soon finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth, a middle-class spinster who shares her passion for scouring the beaches. Their relationship strikes a delicate balance between fierce loyalty, mutual appreciation, and barely suppressed envy, but ultimately turns out to be their greatest asset.
From the author of At the Edge of the Orchard and Girl With a Pearl Earring comes this incredible story of two remarkable women and their voyage of discovery.
Mary soon finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth, a middle-class spinster who shares her passion for scouring the beaches. Their relationship strikes a delicate balance between fierce loyalty, mutual appreciation, and barely suppressed envy, but ultimately turns out to be their greatest asset.
From the author of At the Edge of the Orchard and Girl With a Pearl Earring comes this incredible story of two remarkable women and their voyage of discovery.
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Oh so excited to see this book in my mailbox today. I love the tag game. Thank you for sharing this with me. I can’t wait to read this one. Happy dance to my BC Mt TBR.
A interesting read. I enjoy historical fiction and didn’t realize that the story was based on the real lives of two women considered spinsters. They have a interest in fossils. During one of their daily walks on the beach they discover a science changing discovery.
A bit slow at times but interesting.
A bit slow at times but interesting.
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