Remarkable Creatures

English

ISBN: 0452296722

EAN: 9780452296725

Category: Fiction / Historical/Fiction / Biographical/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 10/26/2010

Age Range: 18-null

Synopsis: A voyage of discovery, two remarkable women, and an extraordinary time and place enrich bestselling author Tracy Chevaliers new novel. On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, poor and uneducated Mary Anning learns that she has a unique gift: the eye to spot fossils no one else can see. When she uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near her home, she sets the religious community on edge, the townspeople to gossip, and the scientific world alight. After enduring bitter cold, thunderstorms, and landslips, her challenges only grow when she falls in love with an impossible man. Mary soon finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot, a middle-class spinster who shares her passion for scouring the beaches. Their relationship strikes a delicate balance between fierce loyalty, mutual appreciation, and barely suppressed envy, but ultimately turns out to be their greatest asset.

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Remarkable Creatures

Illustrated: No

Format: UK-B Format Paperback

Height: 0.72 inches

Width: 5.37 inches

Length: 8.03 inches

Weight: 8.64 oz

Pages: 320