Lucy Carmichael is a 1951 romantic drama novel by the British writer Margaret Kennedy. It was her tenth published novel.Vinson p.403Stringer & Sutherland p.358 It was well-received by critics but did not repeat the success of her earlier hits The Constant Nymph and Escape Me Never.Hartley p.526 It was a Literary Guild choice in America.Hammill p.150 In 2011 it was reissued by Faber and Faber.
Her next novel Troy Chimneys was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for 1953.Hammill p.150
Synopsis After Lucy Carmichael is jilted at the altar she slowly rebuilds her life by taking a job at an educational institute in rural Lincolnshire.
References
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