![]() ![]() ![]() īy the time she is discovered, her parents are gone. Due to a series of events, her parents are led to believe that she drowned in the sea. On the eve of their departure, she hides in the woods. Lucy is not told why her family wishes to move and longs for the house she was kept from and the sea close by. Out of fear, the family plans to move to England. When he fires a warning shot with his old rifle, he injures a boy in the shoulder. The place is under martial law and Captain Gault is disturbed by young arsonists from the nearby village. It starts during the Irish War of Independence, when Loyalist Protestant landowners caught in the battle between the IRA and the British army had their houses burned. She is the only child of an Anglo-Irish land owner on the coast of County Cork. The book was shortlisted for the Booker and Whitbread Prizes in 2002. It follows the protagonist Lucy and her immediate contacts. The story takes place in Ireland during the transition to the 21st century. The book is divided into three sections: the childhood, middle age and older times of the girl, Lucy. The Story of Lucy Gault is a novel written by William Trevor in 2002. ![]()
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