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2004 Nominated

The Story of Lucy Gault *

William Trevor

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

It is the summer of 1921 and eight-year-old Lucy Gault stays close to the glens and woods above Lahardane – the much loved house that her family is being forced to abandon. She knows that danger threatens and the Gaults are no longer welcome in Ireland. Lucy, however, is headstrong and decides that somehow she must force her parents into staying. But the path she chooses ends in disaster. One chance event, unwanted and unexpected, will blight the lives of the Gaults for years to come and bind each of them in different ways to this one moment in time, to this beautiful stretch of coast…

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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR William
Trevor

William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, and spent his childhood in provincial Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin. He has written many novels and short story collections and has won many prizes, including the Hawthornden Prize and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. The Story of Lucy Gault was shortlisted for both the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread Fiction Prize. In 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature. (From Publisher)

William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, and spent his childhood in provincial Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin. He has written many novels and short story collections and has won many prizes, including the Hawthornden Prize and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. The Story of Lucy Gault was shortlisted for both the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread Fiction Prize. In 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature. (From Publisher)

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Ireland
Original Language
English
Author
William Trevor
Publisher
Viking, Viking USA, Knopf Canada
Nominating Library
Cape Breton Regional Library - Canada, District of Columbia Public Library - USA, Kansas City Public Library - USA, Miami-Dade Public Library - USA, Municipal Library of Prague - Czech Republic, Richland Library - USA, London Public Libraries - England

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