Review: Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize
Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize
by Margo Rabb
Quill Tree Books (imprint of HarperCollins)
Category: Young Adult
Reviewer: Stacie Ramey
Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize begins as a story about girls living at a
boarding school in Texas, but quickly morphs into a New York City adventure
with themes of grief, friendship, and finding your place in the world.
When high school junior Lucy Clark is suspended for an unmentionable
incident, she is sent to New York City to stay with a distant older
cousin in order to care for an older woman, who needs supervision due to
her declining mental health. Lucy meets her charge, one Edith Fox, who
is the heir to the Fox Fruit Syrup fortune. Edith is a wealthy,
colorful, witty, and warm horticulturist with whom Lucy is immediately
enthralled. Only there’s one problem--Edith believes that someone is
trying to kill her and the police don’t believe her. She needs Lucy’s
help to discover the truth.
Despite the cozy mystery set up, this book also expertly delves into
weighty issues such as connection, self-love, deep friendships, absent
parents, grief, and religion. Lucy’s only connection to her Judaism was
through her beloved grandmother who passed away before the story begins. Her desire to connect to her heritage is palpable, as is her
need to create a family unit to replace her mostly absent parents, who
travel extensively and with whom she has never lived, and to reunite
with her best friend Dyna, who manages to escape her
exile-by-cruise-ship in order to join Lucy in the city. This book is a
fun and satisfying read that paints city life as beautiful, opulent, and
full of quirky characters. Highly recommend for fans of slice-of-life
mysteries.
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