"We had heard about the girl struck by lightning, for people still talked of it years later. It was one of those miracles small towns thrive on: children seeming drowned then spurting out water like a whale and reviving; men falling from cliffs and reappearing unscathed; boys run down by coaches and...
Disclaimer: Readers of this review will be subjected to a lot of rambling and random thoughts because I have no clear idea of what I want to say about this book. Please know this about the book though: I liked it a lot. :) Someone posted a picture of items that aren't around anymore, mixed tapes,...
Remarkable Creatures is the story of Mary Anning, who, as a girl and later as a young woman, discovered fossils in the cliffs near Lyme Regis, that revolutionised our understanding of the development of life on this planet and greatly accelerated the process by which we moved from a Bible-centred ac...
Actually 3.5. It was better than 'The Virgin Blue' (with its confusing beginning), but less so than 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' (which I finished in one read).
Rating: 3* of five The Book Description: A voyage of discoveries, a meeting of two remarkable women, and extraordinary time and place enrich bestselling author Tracy Chevalier's enthralling new novelFrom the moment she's struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear that Mary Anning is marked for grea...
I never lost my childhood fascination with fossils,dinosaurs and natural history so I was excited to stumble across this novel about two of Britain's earliest fossil hunters. It is set in the early part of the 19th century. Mary Anning was a working class girl who developed a good eye for finding fo...
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Loved the way the reader handled the different voices for the 2 characters, and found the whole story very interesting. Disappointed by the lack of an author's note; I wonder was there one in the non-audio version of the book?
"Remarkable Creatures" is the story of the early days of paleontology, as told through the eyes of Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot -- two women whose finds are housed in the Museum of Natural History (in London) among other locations. Oftentimes, their finds (including Anning's discovery of the f...
History of science was my passion in college (still is, a little) so I was excited to see a popular historical fiction book focused on scientists, and female scientists at that. But the book didn't quite live up to its concept for me. I wanted science and women fighting societal norms to make their ...
This is the first book I have read by Tracy Chevalier, although I have a couple of her other books on my HUGE To-read list. This book jumped off the shelf at the local library NEW BOOKS section, and the story line sounded interesting. I love historical fiction books, especially ones that surround ...
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