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Teeming with marvelous, memorable characters in a novel that is a true masterpiece, rosamunde pilcher s coming home is a book to be savored, reread. Her bestselling novels, september, coming home and winter solstice were made into television films. Massive in size and vast in scope, pilchers latest. Set against the backdrop of an elegant cornwall mansion before worl. Massive in size and vast in scope, pilchers latest entertainment seems destined to equal the extraordinary success of her previous novels september, etc. Rosamunde pilcher 19242019 wrote such worldwide bestselling novels as the shell seekers, september, coming home, winter solstice, and voices in summer. She didnt debut writing under her real name until a secret to tell in 1955 and abandoned her pen name after her 1963 novel a long way from home. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading coming home.
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Sep 01, 1995 did you ever read a 826 page novel and when you closed the back board onto the last page wish that there were another 826 pages to go. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 977 pages and is available in paperback format. Teeming with marvelous, memorable characters in a novel that is a true masterpiece, rosamunde pilchers coming home is a book to be savored, reread, and cherished forever. Born in colombo, judith dunbar spends her teenage years at boarding school, while her beloved mother and younger sister live abroad with her father. Rosamunde pilcher, author of the sweeping, bestselling family saga the shell seekers, has died aged 94. Now, i am 60 and have reread and read previously unread of. The shell seekers was a book sense book of the year honor book. Rosamunde pilcher is the author of such worldwide bestselling novels as september, coming home, winter solstice, and voices in summer. Her father was a british commander and was posted in burma before she was born. Return to the sundrenched settings of the shell seekers and the rich emotion of coming home, as rosamunde pilcher takes listeners on an unforgettable journey of the heart. Rosamunde pilcher has created some lovely characters in this novel, and because you follow them over some period of time, you really get to know them. Coming home by rosamunde pilcher, 9780340752470, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Buy coming home by rosamunde pilcher from waterstones today. Teeming with marvelous, memorable characters in an audiobook that is a true masterpiece, rosamunde pilcher s coming home is a story to be savored, relistened to, and cherished forever.
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