Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Coming Home
Book Review: A heart-warming story that I would recommend to everyone.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is firstly the story of Judith Dunbar but also tells the story of a wonderful family the Carey-Lewises. The characters are so real that by the time I finished this book they were all like friends. While reading it I laughed and I cried, never before has one novel made me do both.My 84 year old Nan read this and loved it, my 58 year old Dad read this and loved it so when it was passed on to me, at the time an 18 year old, I did not expect to get beyond the end of chapter one. Three days later as I closed the book I was sorry it was over.
This book is fantastic. The UK paperback edition is 1016 pages long and yet it felt as though it was over in no time. I have read this book twice and that is not something I have done with many of the thousands of books I have read. I would recommend that anyone who likes to read, read this book. You'll have a wonderful time and make some new friends along the way.
Book Review: A lovely book - 4 and a half stars really
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a very gentle and entertaining book, typical of Ms Pilcher and it really does show how she is a master of this style of writing. We have well drawn and defined characters, beautiful countryside and exotic locations, and the usual measure of heartache, angst and happiness.However if I have a criticism, and it is a very small one, it is that there are occasions where the characters simply don't quite gel in their relationships with each other. The grand passions presented fall just a little short of being as grand as they should be, and the novel is a little sadder because of it. But only a very little sadder - it is a wonderful and lovely book, and I recommend it highly.
Book Review: A truly classic reading!
Summary: 5 Stars
I couldn't decide what books to read when I have my surgery ~~ and I was browsing through my shelves when I saw this. I remember loving "Shell Seekers" and "September" ~~ so I thought, who can write better than Pilcher when you're groggy and tired? I took the book, read the first fifty pages and was hooked on it from the beginning ~~ Pilcher is a classic storyteller. And her descriptions of Cornwall is absolutely stunning. This book literally beckons you to sit and have a cup of tea, cozy up on the couch and with the radio playing softly in the background ~~ and this book will take you away.
This book focuses on Judith Dunbar over a period of years ~~ before the WWII started and shortly after it ended. She was fourteen when her mother and younger sister went back to Columbo to rejoin their father, before his move to Singapore. Judith was sent to live at a boarding school where she struck up a life-long friendship with Loveday Carey-Lewis, a genteel young girl who loved horses and her home at Nancherrow. Judith becomes immersed in the Carey-Lewis family as well as with her aunts and uncle ~~ and falling in love ... Their stories swept over the years with trimuphs, tragedies amidst the backdrop of the war ~~ love, sorrow and joy. Dreams discovered and shattered ~~ it is a story of a time that has never been lived since then. It is about Cornwall and WWII.
This is a beautifully written novel ~~ poetic and descriptive and lovely. It is also a romantic novel ~~ not a romance novel ~~ just incredibly romantic where it does gloss over the horrids of the war but realistic enough to pierce the heart over the terrors that some of the people had faced. It is also a lush novel ~~ full of thoughts and dreams and letters written in the old-fashioned way ~~ telling stories of lives bygone. It is just an incredible novel ~~ one that I am pleased to have in my possession. Pilcher is one of the few writers in my library that I collect ~~ her writing always beckon you home. This novel is just one of those that you just have to read to know what I am trying to say here.
3-11-05
Book Review: A verbal portrait English aristocracy in the 30's and 40's
Summary: 2 Stars
I was initially bored and impatient with the endless detailed discriptions of trivia and the slow moving, halting story line. It eventually dawned on me that the author was not telling a story but was painting a picture of the life of English aristocracy during the latter part of the 1930's and the war years and that the story was merely a vehicle to tie the parts of the picture together.Book Review: A wonderful book for snowy days
Summary: 5 Stars
After purchasing the hardbound volume at a local book store for $5.99 (yes, hard bound), I felt I couldn't go wrong with the price. I bought the book with the intention of reading it while in the Northeast over Christmas. The setting of the book as well as my physical surroundings gave it a kind of "being there" mystique. I am quite impressed by the text. Curiously enough, my stepmother who grew up in Great Britain during World War II wants to read it as the blackout curtains reminded her of times and people gone by. Excellent job, Rosamund.