Lucy Carmichael
Lucy Carmichael by Margaret Kennedy, published by Penguin Random House on August 14, 2025, is a 496-page novel written in English. This story follows Lucy, who, after being jilted at the altar, decides to leave her suburban life behind. Rather than succumbing to despair, she takes a teaching position in the industrial town of Ravonsbridge, where she begins to navigate her new reality and rediscover her identity.
In Ravonsbridge, Lucy finds comfort in her work and her new colleagues, who bring a mix of support and gossip into her life. As she immerses herself in her teaching role, she grapples with her emotions and the question of where her heart truly lies. This edition explores themes of coming of age and the complexities of women’s experiences in a small-town setting, set against the backdrop of 20th-century England.
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‘People seem to get over things, don’t they? I don’t know how, but they do – ordinary people. I’m very ordinary, so I expect I shall do what they do.’
Lucy Carmichael is jilted at the altar. But no matter. Her loving and kind family never liked her explorer fiance anyway.
Instead of moping or falling into her supportive family’s arms, however, Lucy abandons their suburban home. Heading for the country, she takes up a teaching position in the industrial town of Ravonsbridge.
There, she finds solace in her work, in her new (rather gossipy) colleagues – and rediscovers her sensible young self. But if Lucy has, despite everything, kept her head – where lies her heart?
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