Searching for the Remarkable in Things by Natalie Lucy

Searching for the Remarkable in Things is a YA novel written by up and coming author. Natalie Lucy.

Set in two time frames, one present day England and the other in Georgia 1851, the novel traces the impact across the generations, of slavery for both slaves and slave owners.

"Mary, Georgia, 1851

My Momma always
told me that, one day, remarkable things would happen to me.'No, Mary,' I hear her say, voice dripping like treacle, 'not happen to you; you will do remarkable things.'

Not now though, trapped and with no room to properly breathe - nowhere to look even but the sky above and the earth under my feet pressed flat on the ground from working and walking from dawn until the sun sets low in a stretched wide sky of cerise and crimson. For now, my space to breathe is inside. In that little pocket deep within my chest or heart or something - the bit they can't touch."

Clover has felt so alone since her mother passed away - there was only ever Mum and Clover and they were a team. That is until Clover discovers a box of old letters, dating back to 1851, where the voice of a young woman will tell Clover about her true heritage and the dark secrets that Mum hid from her.

A Young Adult fiction novel by debut author, Natalie Lucy.

Dr Natalie Lucy holds a masters degree in English Language and Literature and a PHD where she studies Caribbean Literature and story telling. She works at the British Library.

Searching for the Remarkable in Things is her debut novel.