The Shell Seekers

by Rosamunde Pilcher, Charlotte Bingham (Adapted by)

Overview

This is the story of Penelope Keeling and her family and the passion and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations. The location of the play moves between time and place beginning with Penelope's return to her Cotswold home from hospital in the present day. The story continues through the advent of three children and Penelope's desertion by her husband, with the pull of Cornwall ever present.5 women, 5 men, 2 women or men

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780573114168
Publisher:	Samuel French Ltd
Publication date:	05/10/2006
Series:	French's Acting Editions
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	98
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Rosamunde Pilcher (1924- 2019) wrote such worldwide bestselling novels as The Shell Seekers, September, Coming Home, Winter Solstice, and Voices in Summer. Her breakthrough novel, The Shell Seekers, written in her early sixties, sold more than 10 million copies. Pilcher also authored the photographic autobiography, The World of Rosamunde Pilcher. She was an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and lived in Dundee, Scotland.

Hometown:

Invergowrie by Dundee, Scotland

Date of Birth:

September 22, 1924

Place of Birth:

Lelant, Cornwall, England

Education:

St. Clare's Polwithen, Howell's School Llandaff, then Miss Kerr-Sanders' Secretarial College

Editorial Reviews

“A huge warm saga . . . A deeply satisfying story written with love and confidence.” —Maeve Binchy in The New York Times Book Review

“Beautifully done… A book about families… When the reader closes this book, it is with a sense of regret that there is no more.” —Boston Herald

“A lovely story, the best, really absorbing book I've read in a long time, the kind you hate to put down and especially hate to finish.” —Atlanta Journal & Constitution

“Immensely real and immediately recognizable.” —Philadelphia Inquirer

“Richly complex… A family saga as delicate and evocative as the painting that serves the title.” —Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“Warm and emotional… Readers everywhere will recognize parts of their own lives and identify with Pilcher's skillfully drawn characters.” —Fort Worth Evening Star-Telegram

“Through the eyes and heart of this very special woman we have an opportunity to experience art and music and the joys of culinary preparations and repasts… through her we become even more sensitive to the air around us… Rosamunde Pilcher has given us a gift in The Shell Seekers, one which we cherish.” —The West Coast Review of Books

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