false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172352816m/167302.jpg 167302 21 A difficult novel for any parent to read, William Trevor's <I>The Story of Lucy Gault</I> recounts the tale of a young girl whose Protestant family is driven from its rural Irish home in 1921. Eight-year-old Lucy is in love with Lahardane: the old house itself, the woods, the nearby beach, the shells and fir cones and sticks that she collected like treasure. The day before her family is scheduled to flee Ireland, leaving the house and furnishings in the care of trusted servants, Lucy runs away. Her parents, finding a scrap of her clothing on the beach, assume the worst. Days later, they leave Lahardane, choosing not to settle in England, as they had planned, but to roam Europe in their grief, leaving no forwarding address. But Lucy has not killed herself; she's only broken her leg in the woods. Eventually she makes it back to the house to find her parents gone. She spends her childhood waiting to be forgiven for her wicked act, postponing all happiness until she can be reunited with her mother and father. Revealing more of the plot will spoil this lovely novel for its many readers. It is enough to note that Trevor's characteristic depth and emotional complexity are fully realized here in the watchful reticence of his young heroine and the strange but beautiful way she finds to express her own forgiveness. <I>--Regina Marler</I> 1020595 2002 The Story of Lucy Gault total:601|5:88|4:230|3:208|2:60|1:15| 601 2119 979 104 3 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 13:01:33 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 13:08:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Jan 20 11:24:41 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 11:24:41 -0800 2009
Set in Ireland, at the time that it was divided, Captain Gault, his wife and their daughter Lucy all live at the family home of Lahardane....more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 15 00:13:23 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 00:13:33 -0800 2009
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"In this brilliant, subtle and moving story of love, guilt and forgiveness, Trevor has written a novel that stands among the best literature in the English language."

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This was my first book by Irish writer William Trevor, and I hope it will not be my last. The Story of Lucy Gault is a very sad, but beautifully told little novel (only...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Aug 02 07:37:46 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 07:37:58 -0700 2008
Inside, I found myself traveling to Ireland in a small town in County Cork...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 18:10:42 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 11:41:56 -0700 2008
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Lucy's family is English Protestant, and her father is in the military. When he accidentally shoots a local Irish youth, it sets a chain of events off that lead to her family leaving Irelan...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 07:49:50 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 07:34:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 23:19:34 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 23:25:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 19:53:37 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 15:53:28 -0700 2008 The Story of Lucy Gault is a well written book, it did not at all appeal to me. When I read the blurb (albietly quite quickly, because I apparently missed something) I was expecting a story of Lucy, nine years old and left behind to come home and live in the old house on her ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=167302