Lucy Carmichael is a 1951 romantic drama novel by the British writer Margaret Kennedy.

[1][2] It was well-received by critics but did not repeat the success of her earlier hits The Constant Nymph and Escape Me Never.

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

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

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