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When Mary Anning uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton near her English coast home, she sets the community on edge. Mary soon finds a champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot. Their relationship strikes a delicate balance between fierce loyalty, mutual appreciation, and barely suppressed envy.

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Main Author: Chevalier, Tracy
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dutton, 2010.
Subjects:
Anning, Mary, > 1799-1847 > Fiction.
Philpot, Elizabeth, > 1780-1857 > Fiction.
Women paleontologists > England > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Fossils > Collection and preservation > Fiction.
Discoveries in science > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Biographical fiction > England.
Historical fiction > England.
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Summary:When Mary Anning uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton near her English coast home, she sets the community on edge. Mary soon finds a champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot. Their relationship strikes a delicate balance between fierce loyalty, mutual appreciation, and barely suppressed envy.
Physical Description:312 p. ; 24cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographic references.
ISBN:9780452296725
0452296722
9780525951452
0525951458
Author Notes:Tracy Chevalier was born on October 19, 1962 in Washington, D.C. After receiving a B.A. in English from Oberlin College, she moved to England in 1984 where she worked several years as a reference book editor. Leaving her job in 1993, she began a year-long M.A in creative writing at the University of East Anglia.

She is the author of several novels including The Virgin Blue, Burning Bright, Remarkable Creatures, and The Last Runaway. Her novel Girl with a Pearl Earring was made into a film starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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