num_pages: 288
description: A novel set in Ireland in the 1920s charts the progress of a young girl whose entire life seems to be falling apart when the threat of arson drives the family from their country home. 40,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Story of Lucy Gault
titlecomplete: The Story of Lucy Gault
characters: Everard Gault, Heloise Gault, Lucy Gault
genres: Fiction, Ireland, Historical, Family, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Irish Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 7157
places: County Cork
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award
publisher: Viking Adult