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The Shell Seekers

Rosamunde Pilcher

1920509 pagesabout 8–12 hours
1920
first published
  • 1987St. Martin's Press · 530 pages · ENGISBN 9780312010584
  • 1987Magna Large Print Books · 909 pages · ENGISBN 9781850575306
  • 1994Hodder & Stoughton · 509 pages · ENGISBN 9780340623268
  • 1994St Martin's press · 582 pages · ENGISBN 9780312961329
  • 2004Gramercy Books · 530 pages · ENGISBN 9780517222850
  • 2005Hodder & Stoughton · 688 pages · ENGISBN 9780340752463
  • 2002Random House Audio · ENGISBN 9780553756005
  • 2007Thorndike Press · 799 pages · ENGISBN 9780786298785

The Shell Seekers is a novel of connection: of one family, and of the passions and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations. The Shell Seekers is filled with real people--mothers and daughters, husband and lovers--inspired with real values. The Shell Seekers centers on Penelope Keeling--a woman you'll always remember in world you'll never forget. The Shell Seekers is a magical novel, the kind of reading experience that comes along only once in a long while. At the end of a long and useful life, Penelope Keeling's prized possession is The Shell Seekers, painted by her father, and symbolizing her unconventional life, from bohemian childhood to wartime romance. When her grown children learn their grandfather's work is now worth a fortune, each has an idea as to what Penelope should do. But as she recalls the passions, tragedies, and secrets of her life, she knows there is only one answer...and it lies in her heart.

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ViolenceFrequent
Romance levelCentralSubplot

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