Remarkable Creatures
by Tracy Chevalier
Rated: Great
What a very unusual novel! Remarkable Creatures is based on real life people and historical facts, but the author made these characters her own. Mary Anning was struck by lightening as a baby and survived. After the accident it was clear the girl had a gift, she lead with her eyes. She saw things that others would walk right by. Years later four spinster sisters move to her town and she forms a friendship with one of them, a fossil collector. This is a story of friendship, love, jealousy, ...
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