Απογοητεύτηκα. Έργο της Πίλτσερ είναι αυτό; Καταρχάς είναι σύντομο. Κατά δεύτερον είναι επιφανειακό, ρηχό και σχεδόν βιαστικό. Η Πρου, εν όψει γάμου με έναν επιφανή δανδή της καλής κοινωνίας, για τον οποίο έχει αμφιβολίες ως προς τι νιώθει γι' αυτόν, πάει στην Κορνουάλη σε μια εκκεντρική θεία της...
As a child, whenever Selina Bruce would ask about her late father, the grandmother who raised her would always quickly change the subject. Then, the chance discovery of a photograph gave Selina hope that her father was still alive. It also turned her world on its axis. For the first time in her l...
Rosamunde Pilcher has just become one of my new favorite authors. This is the first book of hers I've read, and not to use a cliche (I'm going to anyway), but her writing is so comfortable. It's cozy, like curling up in my favorite big comfy chair with a steaming cup of tea. She paints perfect pi...
This is the book that taught me what a nymphomaniac is; a character is suspected of being one a couple times, and when I first read this, ages ago, I had no idea what it meant so I looked it up. Thanks, Rosamunde Pilcher!Also, I did a book report on this book in middle school. We usually had to...
Whenever I need a pick-me-up or just want to curl up under a blanket and forget about my problems for a while, I turn to Rosamunde Pilcher. Her books are not exactly what you’d call high literature (I suppose they belong to the women’s fiction category), but they always give me that warm, fuzzy f...
Προσοχή, περιέχει SPOILERS.Η γυναίκα απλώς ΓΡΑΦΕΙ, ΚΕΝΤΑΕΙ, όπως θέλετε πείτε το. Είναι απίστευτο το πώς το βιβλίο της Πίλτσερ δεν καταντά άρλεκιν παρόλο που έχει ερωτικές αντιζηλίες κι ερωτικές σκηνές, ούτε Λένα Μαντά παρόλο που είναι γεμάτο γυναίκες. Είναι μοναδική, για μένα από τις καλύτερες γ...
This fluctuates between heartwarming and trashy. A group of loosely connected people wind up together at an estate house in some small Highland town, where they make friends and heal their wounded souls, all in time for Christmas. Parts of it are very sweet, and I’m yearning now to spend a Christ...
I was looking for something captivating and relaxing to read over the holidays and pulled Rosamunde Pilcher's "Coming Home" (1995) off of our home library shelf. I'd bought it at the Athens County Library book sale for $3. What a find! This was a wonderful book by the author of "September" and "T...
a novel set in England during WWII and into the supposed present. This is one of Lynnette’s favorite books so I wanted to read it to try to understand what she likes. It is written with a definite woman’s point of view in terms of language and emphasis. I did like the book; Pilcher is a very g...
Απλό γυναικείο μυθιστόρημα, χωρίς πολλούς έρωτες και ένα ελάχιστο δείγμα της τέχνης της Πίλτσερ. Η Τζέιν, που ζει με τον πατέρα της στην Καλιφόρνια, δέχεται την επίσκεψη του δικηγόρου της γιαγιάς της, που της ζητά μετά από τόσα χρόνια να έρθει για διακοπές στη Σκοτία, στο πατρικό της, έστω και γι...
I can’t imagine a situation where I would want to go on an extended trip to visit someone else’s family by myself, even if it is the in-laws. Laura travels to Cornwall to stay with her husband’s family, and she makes fast friends with everyone… until a letter arrives that accuses her of having an...
Rosamund Pilcher, in my less than humble opinion, is one of the very best writers of gentle fiction. Of course, I have read The Shell Seekers and loved it, but haven't read anything of hers for a few years. I came across this short novel - not a novella - in a hospital bookstall and of course pou...
I really like Rosamunde Pilcher's books. In a way, they are comfort reading. I love her descriptions. Her descriptions are not just a description of the way a landscape or house looks. She writes "..a cheeky young man wearing a red checked shirt," which tells so much more about the background of ...
MSJA Book Club selection, October 2007. I love Rosamunde Pilcher. Her stories and novels are so lovely! She writes about strong women characters facing everyday problems in Scotland or Cornwall, England. I would love to live in one of her country villages. She writes about themes that touch ev...
She did not instantly rush indoors, because it was a Monday, and Mrs. Abney was there, pushing the vacuum cleaner around like a mad thing and filling the house with the smell of furniture polish. Mrs. Abney loved to answer the telephone, and, sure enough, a moment later the sitting-room window wa...
She was in her own deliciously comfortable bed, in her own flower-sprigged room, and with all her pretty and personal possessions about her. The sun was shining and the birds were singing, but even before she opened her eyes, she knew that something was wrong. The black anxiety, the worry that sh...