Coming Home - Hardcover

Pilcher, Rosamunde

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 077107011X ISBN 13: 9780771070112

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, 1995

Synopsis

For Judith Dunbar, her first glimpse of Nancherrow, her friend Loveday's beautiful family estate on the Cornish coast, is love at first sight - after the rigours of boarding school it spells luxury. She falls in love, too, with all Loveday's family. They treat Judith as one of them. With their generosity and kindness, Judith grows from naive girl to confident young woman basking in the warmth of a surrogate family whose flame of love and affection burns brightly.

But it is a flame soon to be extinguised in the gathering storm of war. In the danger and deprivation of the 'forties, those sun-drenched Cornish days seem as distant as a dream. Many of the young people whose carefree laughter echoed round Nancherrow will laugh no more. And Judith herself has far to travel before at last . . . coming home.

About this title

Review:

The novel has a gently sweet flavour, it continues to beguile because of Pilcher's warmth, sincerity and easy, undemanding prose (The Sunday Times)

Compelling pages packed with convincing characters, vivid settings and weepy bits (Daily Mail)

A great featherbed of a novel, all the right ingredients (Woman & Home)

Especially good on atmosphere and a lonely teenager's bewilderment, Pilcher's storytelling skills are serene and beguiling (The Times)

Much-needed balm to soothe the troubled mind' (Sunday Express)

A well-upholstered good read (Daily Mail)

Classy, lavish entertainment . . . literate pleasure (Publishers Weekly)

Captivating . . . The best sort of book to come home to . . . Readers will undoubtedly hope Pilcher comes home to the typewriter again soon. (New York Daily News)

From the Publisher:

Lynn Redgrave's reading of this classic Ros Pilcher novel is a real joy - she breathes life into the characters with a delicate touch, and leads the listener through the story with beautiful timing and delivery. This audio is a real treat for Rosamunde Pilcher fans, and for anyone who enjoys heart-warming, classic fiction.

About this edition

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 077107011X
• ISBN 13: 9780771070112
• Binding: Hardcover