Rosamunde Pilcher

A tale of three generations of an English family with roots in London and Cornwall, and a cherished painting that has passed from generation to generation and threatens to tear the family apart.

"When she leaves London for the pretty Hampshire village that she describes as 'my geriatric bolt-hole', Elfrida Phipps quickly feels at home. She has a tiny cottage, her faithful dog Horace and the friendship of the neighbouring Blundells--particularly Oscar--to ensure that her days include companionship as well as independence." -- Container.

In this collection of short stories, Rosamunde Pilcher-author of The Shell Seekers-writes about the many faces of love, from a 12-year-old boy's struggles to cope with his father's death to an elderly woman's renewed affirmation of life and marriage. Pilcher's eye for everyday details and her ability to create immensely sympathetic characters bring these 16 romantic tales to life.

Only days before her wedding, Caroline Cliburn sets out in search of her missing brother and, along the way, finds her last chance for the healing warmth of love.

A collection of Rosamunde Pilcher's most enduring short stories, never before published in book form. The collection contains fifteen stories, which range from The Holiday, in which a wife surprises her husband of twenty-five years with a holiday full of Mediterranean sunshine, red rocks and blue seas in an effort to rekindle the romance they had before children; The Eye of Love which takes the reader to a village by the sea where old flames meet...

"When she leaves London for the pretty Hampshire village that she describes as 'my geriatric bolt-hole', Elfrida Phipps quickly feels at home. She has a tiny cottage, her faithful dog Horace and the friendship of the neighbouring Blundells--particularly Oscar--to ensure that her days include companionship as well as independence." -- Container.