I have just finished reading Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier, and I have to say-I love this book! I didn’t want it to end. Tracy Chevalier writes wonderful historical fiction about ordinary women- one of my favorite things to read. This is a story of Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot, fossil hunters on the English seaside in the early 1800’s. The creatures they discover are truly remarkable, as are these women, at a time when women weren’t allowed to even be present at Geological society meetings, let alone be credited for their discoveries.

Chevalier is also the author of  Girl with a Pearl Earring, another historical fiction novel about the maid in the famous Vermeer painting. This novel is as beautifully written as the painting that inspired it. A film was made based on this book and was so beautifully shot, that you feel as if you are inside the painting itself.