Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 5 November 2009.
October 2009 Good Housekeeping selection.
In this story of female friendship and fortitude, Tracy Chevalier shows her skill for working history’s lost individuals into far-reaching fiction. Author of the critically acclaimed Girl With A Pearl Earring, her latest book is set in 19th century Lyme Regis and centres on the bond between Mary Anning, a penniless girl who hunts fossils to make a living, and spinster Elizabeth Philpot. As Mary’s finds begin to attract the big boys of science – and a dashing chancer – her friendship with Elizabeth is compromised.
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