num_pages: 240
description: " The Story of Lucy Gault  . . . once read, will never be forgotten."— The Washington Post Book World"Trevor was our twentieth century Chekov." —Wall Street JournalThe 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.
language: English
title: The Story of Lucy Gault
titlecomplete: The Story of Lucy Gault
characters: Lucy Gault, Heloise Gault, Everard Gault
genres: Ireland, Historical, Irish Literature, Novels, Family, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 7155
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: Penguin Books