Farewell to a favourite of mine. The Shell Seekers, Coming Home, and Winter Solstice – cherished novels that are still on my shelves. This article from The Booktopian sums up the achievements of Rosamunde Pilcher for us.
Author, Rosamunde Pilcher, has died at age 94. Early in her career, Rosamunde Pilcher wrote for Mills & Boon under the name Jane Fraser. The first book she published under her own name was Secret to Tell in 1955. In 1987 she published The Shell Seekers, which soon became an international phenomenon. A sweeping family…
Theresa Smith Writes 
Rest in Peace. Rosamunde was a favourite of my late Nan. We still have her copy of The Shell Seekers.
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My nanna and I both loved her. I first came across her work after exhausting all of Maeve Binchy’s titles. A friend of mine originally from England recommended her to me and then I bought a few for nanna. Different novels to nowadays but still so timeless.
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Another Nanna relationship to Rosamunde. Glad to hear she holds good memories and I can see she would be a natural progression from Maeve Binchy. Very special reads – keepers.
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Definitely keepers! From both authors!
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I am sure I’ve read something by her, long ago before I kept a reading journal. What a grand old lady she must have been!
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Her novels were always so lovely, for want of a better word. They had an essence that I see many authors of dual timeline fiction attempting to capture but often falling just that bit short. Coming Home is my favourite of hers, enormously thick, but just wonderful. I still remember reading it for the first time as a reward to myself for finishing a batch of uni assessments – a very long time ago! But it left such an impression. Still have that original copy that I bought for less than $2 from the Big W bargain bin. Funny how some things stay with you!
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I have similar fond memories of Rumer Godden. Never a prize-winning author, never likely to be studied in an academic way, but she herself was a scholar of the human heart and I loved her books.
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That is such a good way to put it: a scholar of the human heart. I love that!
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I have ever read a book by her, I feel I’ve been missing out.
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The Shell Seekers is one of her most popular and not as thick as Coming Home. I loved it as well. She’s a long time favourite of many! Tess Woods loves her too. It was one of the things we laughed about having in common, our love for Rosamunde Pilcher!
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I’ll have to have a look, I think my mum might have some of her books, if not, I’ll grab one from the library. You and Tess can’t both be wrong.
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A library should definitely have them. I’d bet your mum might have one or two as well! 👌
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I think The Shell Seekers was the first novel my mum and I shared.
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Nice!
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I LOVED The Shell Seekers, sadly though so far that is the only book I’ve read of hers. At the next Lifeline book fair (if hubby allows me to go lol) I’ll keep an eye out for her books as I’d love to read more, her writing style is similar to Maeve Binchy whose books I love!
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A lifeline book fair would be the place to spot copies given that they’re all a bit on the old side now. I know what you mean, she was similar to Maeve. I loved them both! 😊
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