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‘It is a stunning story, compassionately reimagined’ Guardian
Tracy Chevalier’s stunning novel of how one woman’s gift transcends class and gender to lead to some of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century.
A revealing portrait of the intricate and resilient nature of female friendship.
In the early nineteenth century, a windswept beach along the English coast brims with fossils for those with the eye…
From the moment she’s struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear Mary Anning is marked for greatness. When she uncovers unknown dinosaur fossils in the cliffs near her home, she sets the scientific world alight, challenging ideas about the world’s creation and stimulating debate over our origins. In an arena dominated by men, however, Mary is soon reduced to a serving role, facing prejudice from the academic community, vicious gossip from neighbours, and the heartbreak of forbidden love. Even nature is a threat, throwing bitter cold, storms, and landslips at her.
Luckily Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly, intelligent Elizabeth Philpot, a middle-class spinster who is also fossil-obsessed. Their relationship strikes a delicate balance between fierce loyalty and barely suppressed envy. Despite their differences in age and background, Mary and Elizabeth discover that, in struggling for recognition, friendship is their strongest weapon.
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Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier s-a născut în 1962 şi a copilărit în Washington. A părăsit Statele Unite în 1984, stabilindu-se în Regatul Unit. După ce a lucrat câţiva ani ca redactor, a obţinut un masterat în literatură la University of East Anglia. A debutat în 1997 cu romanul „Albastru pur”, ce s-a bucurat imediat de un succes răsunător. Doi ani mai tîrziu a apărut „Fata cu cercel de perlă”, considerat de Publishers Weekly „fenomen editorial”, atingând în scurt timp cifra-record de un milion de exemplare. În anul 2001 a publicat un al treilea roman, „Îngeri căzători”, frescă a Angliei eduardiene, aflat luni de zile pe lista de bestselleruri din Anglia şi SUA. Au urmat, printre altele, „Ultima fugară” (2013) şi „La marginea livezii” (2016) etc.
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Sarah Le Fevre
