The story of Lucy Gault
By: William Trevor.
Publisher: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Protestants -- Ireland -- Cork -- Fiction.; Cork (Ireland) -- Rural conditions -- Fiction.; Ireland -- History -- Partition, 1921 -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: 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.
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