Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier

Facilitator : Amy Ipp

From the New York Times bestselling novelist, a stunning historical novel that
follows the story of Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot, two extraordinary 19th
century fossil hunters who changed the scientific world forever.
On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, poor and uneducated
Mary learns that she has a unique gift: "the eye" to spot ammonites and other fossils no
one else can see. When she uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near
her home, she sets the religious community on edge, the townspeople to gossip, and
the scientific world alight. After enduring bitter cold, thunderstorms, and landslips, her
challenges only grow when she falls in love with an impossible man.
Mary soon finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth, a middle-class spinster who
shares her passion for scouring the beaches. Their relationship strikes a delicate
balance between fierce loyalty, mutual appreciation, and barely suppressed envy, but
ultimately turns out to be their greatest asset. 
From the author of At the Edge of the Orchard and Girl With a Pearl Earring comes this
incredible story of two remarkable women and their voyage of discovery.