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I Shall Seek Out All Pilcher's Novels! The Shell Seekers

Advantages: A lovely thick book that you can really get your teeth into. Superb author.
Disadvantages: None

A wonderful compelling novel-The Shellseekers' by Rosamunde Pilcher Rosamunde Pilcher has written many novels and short stories. Some of her books have been made, very successfully, into television films and plays. In my opinion, they transla ...

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Review of The Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher

Peerless Pilcher

Advantages: Delightful characters, very well-written, eminently re-readable
Disadvantages: None for me personally

The prologue to 'The Shell Seekers' introduces us to Penelope, a woman in her sixties who is returning home in a taxi after discharging herself from hospital. The first time I read it, I had an immediate image of a strong independent lady, and it was a l ...

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Review of The Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher

The perfect holiday read and a wonderful escape

Advantages: Readable, compelling,
Disadvantages: None because it's perfect within its genre

...I first read this book 20-odd years ago. It's still in print, it's been made into a TV film. And it still retains the immediacy and readability which made it deservedly a best-seller. Since Rosamunde Pilcher, now in her eighties, achieved fame in 198 ...

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Review of The Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher

Beautifully written, heart warming romantic

Advantages: Indepth, heart warming, sensitive, romantic, endearing
Disadvantages: A tad old fashioned, slightly stereotypical characters

Rosamunde Pilcher's phenomenally successful novel, The Shell Seekers captures the hearts and minds of all who read it. Despite having a long and distinguished career as a novelist and a short story writer it was this book that won Rosamunde Pilcher her wo ...

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The Perfect Book to Take on Holiday

Advantages: Relaxing, excellent characters, range of emotions, eminently re-readable
Disadvantages: Probably won't appeal to those who like fast-paced thrillers and violence

This book is set in Scotland over four months. It opens in May when Verena Steynton drops in to see the elderly Violet Aird, to ask her advice. Verena is planning a huge party - a ball with country dancing to live music - for her daughter Katy's 21st bi ...

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