Lucy Carmichael

Originally published in 1951 from the author of beloved holiday classic *** ''People seem to get over things, don''t they? I don''t know how, but they do - ordinary people. I''m very ordinary, so I expect I shall do what they do.'' Lucy Carmichael is jilted at the altar. But no matter. Her loving and kind family never liked her explorer fiance anyway. Instead of moping or falling into her supportive family''s arms, however, Lucy abandons their suburban home. Heading for the country, she takes up a teaching position in the industrial town of Ravonsbridge. There, she finds solace in her work, in her new (rather gossipy) colleagues - and rediscovers her sensible young self. But if Lucy has, despite everything, kept her head - where lies her heart? Praise for Margaret Kennedy: ''She is not only a romantic but an anarchist, and she knows the ways of men and women very well indeed'' Anita Brookner ''Kennedy was immensely popular in her heyday'' ''Margaret Kennedy''s poised style, cool wit and skilful characterization kept her novels welcome for three decades''

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Kennedy
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 11.09.2025
• EAN: 9781405982825
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-8282-5
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Series: The Mermaid Collection
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); England, FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Rural communities, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, c 1950 to c 1959, FICTION / World Literature / England / 20th Century, Classic fiction: general and literary