Lucy Carmichael (novel)
# Lucy Carmichael (novel)

Lucy Carmichael is a 1951 romantic drama novel by the British writer Margaret Kennedy. It was her tenth published novel. It was well-received by critics but did not repeat the success of her earlier hits The Constant Nymph and Escape Me Never. It was a Literary Guild choice in America. In 2011 it was reissued by Faber and Faber.

Her next novel Troy Chimneys was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for 1953.

## Synopsis

After Lucy Carmichael is jilted at the altar she slowly rebuilds her life by taking a job at an educational institute in rural Lincolnshire.

