Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Coming Home
Book Review: Heart-Warming Read By Rosamunde Pilcher
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are a fan of family sagas, love cozy and comforting reads, admire protagonists who endure hardship and survive, then you will love this monumental work by Rosamunde Pilcher.
Set in the days preceeding, during, and after World War II in Cornwall, London, and other other spots, the reader is introduced to Judith Dunbar at age 14. She is left at a girls' school in England while her mother and younger sister Jess go to join Judith's father in Singapore. The separation stretches on for years, and Judith grows through her teen years with the help of new-found friends, the affluent Carey-Lewises, but mostly survives due to her own indomitable spirit.
There is so much to say about a book that goes on for nearly 1,000 pages, but for me the plot was secondary to the endearing characters who populate this book. From Judith to her bestfriend, Loveday Carey-Lewis, the inspiriing Diana, the haunting Gus, the stable Jeremy and the host of minor characters who come to life, this is a riveting read that takes you through the trauma of war and its effects on ordinary people living their lives as best they can. The book is filled with many happy moments and perhaps even more heart-breaking ones, but always there is hope and strong survival skills working to make things right in the end.
Book Review: Home is Where the Heart Is
Summary: 5 Stars
Judith, Judith, Judith......where and what are you doing now?Just as I will always remember Penelope in Shell Seekers by Ms. Pilcher, Judith Dunbar will remain with me always. Though it is a coming of age story, it is so much more than that...you want and willingly hold hands with the main character as she makes her own way in a war torn world peopled with richly drawn characters from different strata of society. The details of life as presented hold you spellbound and draw you into Judith's world. You can almost feel her heart beating within your own chest. Do yourself a favor, get the book, snuggle up, and relax on this truly wonderful saga. Linda
Book Review: I LOVE THIS BOOK!
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, it's a very long book. This is a good thing, though, because it gives you a chance to get to know the characters, who are all fascinating and detailed in their own rights. It never slows down for a second; it'll make you laugh out loud, cry buckets, and smile happily. It really is one of my favorite books of all time.Book Review: I LOVE this book!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my favorite book. I'm reading it again - again.My favorite thing about this book is the way you get to feel so close to all of the characters. You follow the life of one girl through WWII. It might sound a little boring but, believe me, this girl's life is anything but ordinary. She is left in a British boarding school while her parents are living in Singapore. She is 14 and starting school in an unfamiliar place. Eventually she makes friends with Loveday Carey-Lewis (silly name, I know) and this changes her life drastically.
As Judith grows she encounters loss, love, and a creepy old guy. It's a book about growing up and, of course, coming home.
Rosamunde Pilcher makes all of the characters seem so real. It is easy to picture them in your mind and even easier to feel for them. Judith is not the only character whose life you get caught up in. There are many characters who we can all relate to. Personally, I think I'm a bit like Loveday.
Anyway, this book is a definite must-read.
Book Review: I couldn't put the book down!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was on pregnant bed rest when I bought this book. My parents were upset with me, my fiance had run off, my three best friends were at college out of state. My comfort and solace was in this book which I devoured in six hours and have read God-only-knows how many more times. Her characters are well developed and they seem to step out of the book and become real. I cried over Edward's situation and rejoiced for Loveday and Gus and found Judith's determination and stamina to face difficult circumstances empowering and inspiring. The muses were definitely dancing for Ms. Pilcher when she wrote this book. Another pregnancy is looming and my new husband, upon finding this book so well read, has offered to buy her other novels for me if I have to go onto bedrest. Talk about mixed emotions-- I almost see it as an incentive for bedrest!