Synopses & Reviews
The Shell Seekers is a novel of connection: of one family, and of the passions and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations. The Shell Seekers is filled with real people -- mothers and daughters, husband and lovers -- inspired with real values. The Shell Seekers centers on Penelope Keeling -- a woman you'll always remember in world you'll never forget. The Shell Seekers is a magical novel, the kind of reading experience that comes along only one in a long while.
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"A lovely story, the best, really absorbing book I've read in a long time, the kind you hate to put down and especially hate to finish." The Atlanta Journal & Constitution
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"A novel that excludes warmth, joy and familial interaction, peopled with men and women we will long remeber." The West Coast Review Of Books
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"Beautifully done... A book about families... when the reader closes the book, it is with a sense of regret-regret that there is no more." Boston Herald
Synopsis
"A HUGE, WARM SAGA...A deeply satisfying story written with love." --The New York Times Book Review
At the end of a long and useful life, Penelope Keeling's prized possession is The Shell Seekers, painted by her father, and symbolizing her unconventional life, from bohemian childhood to wartime romance. When her grown children learn their grandfather's work is now worth a fortune, each has an idea as to what Penelope should do. But as she recalls the passions, tragedies, and secrets of her life, she knows there is only one answer...and it lies in her heart, in this beloved Cornwall novel from Rosamunde Pilcher.
Synopsis
Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers is a huge warm saga...A deeply satisfying story written with love and confidence (Maeve Binchy in The New York Times Book Review).
The Shell Seekers was adapted twice to film (1989 and 2006).
An instant bestseller when it was first published, The Shell Seekers is an enduring classic which has touched the hearts of millions of readers worldwide. A novel of connection, it is the story of one family--mothers and daughters, husbands and lovers--and of the passions and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations. This magical novel--the kind of reading experience that comes along only once in a long while--is the perfect read, whether you are returning to it again, or opening the cover for the first time.
At the end of a long and useful life, Penelope Keeling's prized possession is The Shell Seekers, painted by her father, and symbolizing her unconventional life, from bohemian childhood to wartime romance. When her grown children learn their grandfather's work is now worth a fortune, each has an idea as to what Penelope should do. But as she recalls the passions, tragedies, and secrets of her life, she knows there is only one answer...and it lies in her heart.
Synopsis
At the end of a long and useful life, Penelope Keeling's prized possession is
The Shell Seekers, painted by her father, and symbolizing her unconventional life, from bohemian childhood to wartime romance. When her grown children learn their grandfather's work is now worth a fortune, each has an idea as to what Penelope should do. But as she recalls the passions, tragedies, and secrets of her life, she knows there is only one answer...and it lies in her heart.
Synopsis
At the end of a long and useful life, Penelope Keeling's prized possession is
The Shell Seekers, painted by her father, and symbolizing her unconventional life, from bohemian childhood to wartime romance. When her grown children learn their grandfather's work is now worth a fortune, each has an idea as to what Penelope should do. But as she recalls the passions, tragedies, and secrets of her life, she knows there is only one answer...and it lies in her heart.
About the Author
Rosamunde Pilcher has had a long and distinguished career as a novelist and short-story writer, but it was her phenomenally successful novel
The Shell Seekers that captured the hearts of all who read it and won her international recognition as one of the most-loved storytellers of our time.
The Shell Seekers was followed by
September and then by
Coming Home and
Winter Solstice, which were also immediately embraced by Mrs. Pilcher's devoted readers to become worldwide bestsellers. She lives in Perthshire, Scotland, with her husband, Graham, and their dachshund, Daisy.