It is filled with real people–mothers and daughters, husband and lovers–and inspired with real values. A novel of connection, it is the story of one family, and of the passions and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations. 100,000 first printing $100,000 ad/promo Troll Book Club main selection.An instant bestseller when it was first published in 1987, The Shell Seekers is an enduring classic which has touched the hearts of millions of readers worldwide. Pilcher's 13th book is a satisfying and savory family novel, in which rich layers of description and engagingly flawed characters more than make up for the occasional cliche. Only Olivia, a cool and collected magazine editor, refuses to be party to their barely concealed avarice. When their grandfather's work suddenly comes into vogue, Nancy, obsessed over status, and sleek Noel, adept at getting the most and giving the least, join in urging their mother to sell The Shell Seekers, a painting that gives her great joy. In a beautifully detailed family saga that shifts effortlessly back and forth in time, Pilcher (Under Gemini) recounts Penelope's story and that of her three children. Safe in the embracing arms of that warm household, Penelope forgets her sour husband and takes a lover, and in that relationship, too, she weathers the war's privations and its hardest blows. On the heels of a hasty wartime marriage, Penelope Keeling is left to repent at leisure in the English seaside town of Porthkerris, where her artist father and her French mother are spending the duration of World War II.
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. When her grown children learn their grandfather's work is now worth a fortune, each has an idea as to what Penelope should do.
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.Īt 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. 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. The Shell Seekers was adapted twice to film (19).Īn instant bestseller when it was first published, The Shell Seekers is an enduring classic which has touched the hearts of millions of readers worldwide.
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).
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