Help me remember the name of a book! Fossil hunting

[Chopsypie]

Hoping the collective power of mumsnet can help. I read a book that featured a teen girl or young woman who was interested in collecting fossils. She definitely found some and was inspired by Mary Anning. Was set post Mary Anning I think but early enough that women and fossils weren’t the done thing.

It’s not the French lieutenants woman and it’s not remarkable creatures.

It’s driving me mad!

Is it Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier?

A Stitch In Time - Penelope Lively? More of a children’s book though.

Discovering Dorothea by Karolyn Schindler?

There are several women mentioned here which may jog your memory?

No, none of those.

@Imsorry it was a fiction book, I’m almost certain

The Essex serpent

It definitely sounds like Tracy Chevalier Remarkable Creatures

Curiosity by Joan Thomas?

My first thoughts were A Stitch in Time & Remarkable Creatures! It's not the Lie Tree is it?

I have a copy of Tracy Chevalier's Remarkable Creatures and one of the characters is Mary Anning (based on a real person) - I don't know if she crops up in any other books though.

One of these? Guardian list

My first thought was the Essex Serpent

Fanny and the Monsters by Penelope Lively? Children’s book, obviously.

Agree, sounds like the Essex Serpent