August Meetup: The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor

We will meet in the Wilson Room on the first floor. Note: RSVPs for this meetup opens when our previous one ends. For August, we will be reading The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor. A paperback version runs 240 pages. It was published in 2002. The GoodReads blurb is " The Story of Lucy Gault . . . once read, will never be forgotten."— The Washington Post Book World "Trevor was our twentieth century Chekov." —Wall Street Journal The stunning novel from highly acclaimed author William Trevor is a brilliant, subtle, and moving story of love, guilt, and forgiveness. The Gault family leads a life of privilege in early 1920s Ireland, but the threat of violence leads the parents of nine-year-old Lucy to decide to leave for England, her mother's home. Lucy cannot bear the thought of leaving Lahardane, their country house with its beautiful land and nearby beach, and a dog she has befriended. On the day before they are to leave, Lucy runs away, hoping to convince her parents to stay. Instead, she sets off a series of tragic misunderstandings that affect all of Lahardane's inhabitants for the rest of their lives.