- Audio Cassette
- Publisher: Random House Audio (Aug 17 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553702084
- ISBN-13: 978-0553702088
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.4 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 91 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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"* 'Her genius is to create characters you really care for' - Daily Express * 'Pilcher's storytelling skills are serene and beguiling' - The Times * 'Whether she is being poignant, wry or perceptive, Rosamunde Pilcher is always gentle' - Woman's Realm * 'It is never too soon to discover Rosamunde Pilcher' - Good Housekeeping * 'A beautiful, haunting story... that will tug at your heartstrings' - Prima"
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Emma Litton can't get on with her life until she finds out just what place she has in her father's heart. She'd been at school in Europe since she was fourteen, then found a job in Paris, always wondering what her famous artist father was doing in Japan or America or at their cottage in Cornwall. Even after she meets Robert Morrow, the handsome gallery owner, and rediscovers her step-brother, Christo, she still feels compelled to probe into the truth about her past. But Emma might learn too late that it is the truth about herself she has to find and that letting go is the first step to keeping love.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Always the best !!!,
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This review is from: Another View (Mass Market Paperback)
Never disappoints... now I have the entire collection.. I wish there were more... I just keep reading them over and over again. I never get tired of her books. Thanks Rosamunde!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Early Pilcher,
By Wendy Kaplan (Houston) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Another View (Audio Cassette)
Rosamunde Pilcher wrote this short and sweet novel in the late 60s, and it foreshadows her later, larger works of brilliant character studies that bely some fairly complicated plots.This particular story takes place mostly at the Cornish seaside, one of Pilcher's favorite venues. It opens, however, in Paris, where the beautiful, fey, and slightly muddled Emma Litton awaits her plane back to England. Having spent many years in France as a nanny, Emma now yearns for her homeland--and the fulfillment of a desire that has obviously been with her all her life: She wishes to bond with her famous artist father, Ben. Emma's sudden and unexpected meeting at the airport with her step-brother Cristo, whom she knew during one of Ben's brief marriages, but has not seen in many years, allows us to see her needy and sensitive side, even as others observe only a hip young Sixties mod. The remainder of the brief book takes place in her father's studio-cum-cottage on the seaside, as Emma settles in as daughter, housekeeper, muse, and, eerily, almost as a wife to her elusive father. Will it work? Can Emma get over her childlike fantasy of being Daddy's Little Girl and get on with her life? Will she notice the worthy young man whose heart she has captured? Or will she lose him too in her fruitless desire to create the family she never had? Without the deep substance of her later books, nevertheless, this sweet Pilcher offering is well worth reading--especially when narrated by Sian Thomas, who captures the quiet, brooding tone just right. I recommend this lovely tale to all Pilcher fans.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Quick and charming story...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Another View (Mass Market Paperback)
I've enjoyed all the books by this author. I found this delightful story while browsing the library stacks (sorry Amazon, but libraries save me major money!).Emma strives to reconnect with her father, whose artist lifestyle provided an unconventional childhood and distant relationship. Emma is so focused on her father and "getting the relationship right", she doesn't see the opportunity for relationships with others. But as she works through this critical relationship she then is able to move on. The author made you understand why Emma had to resolve the father-daughter relationship before she could open up to other relationships. Charming tale about understanding others and our roles in their lives and their impact in ours.
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