For the first time in trade paperback, this is a classic Rosamunde Pilcher novel about a young woman who comes home and discovers who she is.
Against the backdrop of an elegant Cornwall mansion before World War II and a vast continent-spanning canvas during the turbulent war years, this involving story tells of an extraordinary young woman's coming of age, coming to grips with love and sadness, and in every sense of the term, coming home...
In 1935, Judith Dunbar is left behind at a British boarding school when her mother and baby sister go off to join her father in Singapore. At Saint Ursula's, her friendship with Loveday Carey-Lewis sweeps her into the privileged, madcap world of the British aristocracy, teaching her about values, friendship, and wealth. But it will be the drama of war, as it wrenches Judith from those she cares about most, that will teach her about courage...and about love.
Teeming with marvelous, memorable characters in a novel that is a true masterpiece, Coming Home is a book to be savored, reread, and cherished forever.
Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 944 pages
ISBN-10: 1250106443
Item Weight: 1.5 lbs
Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.6 x 8.2 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 10,001 to 50,000 ratings
"Massive in size and vast in scope, Pilcher's latest entertainment seems destined to equal the extraordinary success of her previous… This is classy, lavish entertainment from a writer whose unpretentious prose always flows smoothly, never offends and offers literate pleasure." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Pilcher effectively balances the demands of plot with the pleasures of revisiting a different place and time. Fans of the author's previous books, such as September (1990), will know what they're getting into and willingly plunge in headfirst." --Booklist
"Immensely real and immediately recognizable." --Philadelphia Inquirer
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 also became worldwide bestsellers. She lives in Perthshire, Scotland.
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