Rosamunde Pilcher
Paperback | Pages: 977 pages Rating: 4.3 | 16623 Users | 961 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Coming Home |
| ISBN: | 0340752475 (ISBN13: 9780340752470) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Romantic Novel of the Year (RoNa's) Award (1996) |
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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.
Describe Containing Books Coming Home
| Title | : | Coming Home |
| Author | : | Rosamunde Pilcher |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 977 pages |
| Published | : | July 1st 2005 by Hodder & Stoughton (first published September 1st 1995) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. War. World War II. European Literature. British Literature |
Rating Containing Books Coming Home
Ratings: 4.3 From 16623 Users | 961 ReviewsCriticism Containing Books Coming Home
I really love Rosamunde Pilcher books. I hate how they look like sappy romance novels because somebody put dorky flowers and curlicues all over the cover, but rest assured, they're far from that genre. This is one of my particular favorites. It follows a girl (left in boarding school in England while her family goes to Singapore) before, during, and after WWII and goes back and forth between Cornwall, London, and various South Pacific locations. It's fairly epic in length--I think it clocks inThis is really, at heart, a beautiful family saga! I love the vitality and complexity of Pilcher's characters, especially Judith Dunbar, the heroine of this story. As WWII progresses from a threatening storm into reality, Judith and her family must face many hardships. Let me just say here, it has been quite a while since I've read a book filled with such wistful longing. Sigh. I am just getting acquainted with Rosamunde Pilcher's novels, but almost overnight I have become an ardent admirer of
For the first third of the book or so, I felt it was moving too slow and was getting bored. But then, I got adjusted to the pace and the style of things, and I started feeling relaxed and entranced by the good sense of the characters and the ever-present soothing cups of tea. The story takes a fourteen-year-old British girl through her years at boarding school and through the years of World War II. It was interesting to read about the experience of the Brits during the war and to think about how
3.5 StarsComing Home follows the life of Judith Dunbar beginning in 1936, when she is a fourteen year old school girl. Born in Ceylon, Judith lives quietly with her mother Molly and her four year old sister Jess in a rented house in Cornwall, England. Now, Jess's father has written from Ceylon, telling his wife that he's been promoted, they'll be moving to Singapore and it's time she and Jess returned to him. Judith is left behind, at boarding school, and this is where her rather lonely life
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 "The Shell Seekers", two books which I also enjoyed.Judith Dunbar attends boarding school in England while her parents and little sister are in Singapore. Her best friend, Loveday, comes from a wealthy
"So, what did she want, above all else? Roots, perhaps. A home and a family and a place to go to that was forever. Belonging."I loved taking this wonderful journey with Judith Dunbar from the impressionable age of fourteen in 1935 straight through the years of World War II. Judith learns so much about what it means to have a place in the world, a home to return to, loved ones to reunite with and hold close to the heart. I couldnt help sympathizing with this young lady when first introduced to
I've read this about six times, once out loud to my twelve-year-old daughter. Rosamunde Pilcher is always magic and this novel is her magnum opus. The epitome of British family sagas, of wartime in England, of family and love and friendship and boarding schools and English country manors. Basically everything I love. And, also, the ultimate in tea party descriptions, and for British food in general. More about my tea party obsessions here: http://suannelaqueurwrites.com/litera...
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