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Tracy Chevalier

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Novelist

Tracy Chevalier is a renowned British novelist known for her delicate narrative and profound historical insight. Her works often focus on characters and events from specific historical periods, using fictional stories to depict real historical backgrounds.

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“Besides, no one can keep me away from my fish. Thank you, by the way, for the crate of fish you left for me. They are a delight. Come, let us go down to the sea.”

Friends Fossils Fish

Book:Remarkable Creatures

Source: Remarkable Creatures

“So we continued, arm in arm along the beach, talking until at last we had no more to say, like a storm that blows itself out, and our eyes dropped to the ground, where the curies were waiting for us to find them.”

Feminism Friends Fossils Fish

Book:Remarkable Creatures

Source: Remarkable Creatures

“I do not respect you, and I will never let you have any of my fossil fish”

Feminism Fossils Fish

Book:Remarkable Creatures

Source: Remarkable Creatures

“I am Elizabeth Philpot," I declard, "and I collect fossil fish.”

Feminism Fossils Fish

Book:Remarkable Creatures

Source: Remarkable Creatures

“Mary Anning and I are hunting fossils on the beach, she her creatures, I my fish. Our eyes are fastened to the sand and rocks as we make our way along the shore at different paces, first one in front, then the other. Mary stops to split open a nodule and find what may be lodged within. I dig through clay, searching for something new and miraculous. We say very little, for we do not need to. We are silent together, each in her own world, knowing the other is just at her back.”

Friendship Feminism Fossils

Book:Remarkable Creatures

Source: Remarkable Creatures

“That's how fossil hunting is: It takes over, like a hunger, and nothing else matters but what you find. And even when you find it, you still start looking again the next minute, because there might be something even better waiting.”

Stills Matter Might Next Waiting Minutes Hunger Hunting Fossils

Book:Remarkable Creatures: A Novel

Source: Remarkable Creatures: A Novel

About the Author

Born: October 19, 1962
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 53

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