'Impeccable, brilliant, humble and so heart-warming you want to savour every page' Reader review ?????
A rich, captivating family drama by the beloved Rosamunde Pilcher
Laura, newly married and ever conscious she may be living in the shadow of her husband Alec's first wife, decides to take a holiday with his family in Cornwall. Through the long hot summer days, she is slowly charmed by the beautiful old house and the people she learns to know and love. In time, her uneasy spirit is soothed by the sparkling, brilliant sea, and her restless heart is finally calmed.
But is this new-found tranquillity too good to be true? With the arrival of an anonymous letter that accuses her of having an affair, Laura's world is thrown into turmoil . . .
READERS LOVE VOICES IN SUMMER:
'Once again this author manages to write warm, beautiful characters in gorgeous settings that, better than perhaps any other author, convey the idea of home' Reader review ?????
'A brilliantly orchestrated story. A highly recommended read' Reader review ?????
'Rosamunde Pilcher draws her readers into her beautiful settings and into the lives of her charming characters with her magical descriptive prose' Reader review ?????
'Images of Cornwall come to life, the ocean and the countryside. This author has the knack of drawing you into her world' Reader review ?????
PRAISE FOR ROSAMUNDE PILCHER:
'Rosamunde Pilcher's warm spell is charming and utterly convincing' Daily Mail
'Rosamunde Pilcher gets so cleverly to the heart of the matter in her stories; she is truly the Queen of Emotion' Rosanna Ley, author of From Venice with Love
'One of the best storytellers of our time' Woman's Way
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Her genius is to create characters you really care about * Daily Express * Pilcher's storytelling skills are serene and beguiling * The Times * Pilcher's strength is knowing what she can do well and writing about what she knows. She has a way of tapping into the emotional life of her readers and making them care about characters not unlike themselves * Daily Telegraph * Rosamunde Pilcher's warm spell is charming and utterly convincing * Daily Mail * Rosamunde Pilcher gets so cleverly to the heart of the matter in her stories; she is truly the Queen of Emotion. -- Rosanna Ley, author of From Venice with Love If you love Harriet Evans or Lucinda Riley's books, you're sure to love Rosamunde Pilcher too. -- Sarra Manning * Red Magazine * One of the best storytellers of our time. * Woman's Way *
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Maße
Höhe: 195 mm
Breite: 123 mm
Dicke: 22 mm
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978-1-5293-8531-1 (9781529385311)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Rosamunde Pilcher 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 best-loved storytellers of our time. It was voted one of UK's top 100 novels in the BBC's Big Read in 2003. Her bestselling novels, September, Coming Home and Winter Solstice were made into television films. She was awarded an O.B.E for services to literature in 2002 and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Dundee University in 2010. Rosamunde Pilcher died on 6 February 2019.
