The Shell Seekers (Paperback)

from LizanneVee

All time favorite airplane read. You skip a few paragraphs and you haven't missed a thing, but it is beautifully written, easy to imagine the characters and nothing to upset your sensitive little soul.

from nadineeg

Artist's daughter Penelope Keeling has had a full life and is now considering retirement. Her three children are not the most easy to get on with and when it is discovered that her most precious painting "The Shell Seekers" painted by her father is actually worth a fortune, what to do with it and...

from jayne_charles

This is the only Rosamunde Pilcher I have read. I feared it would be formulaic happy-ever-after stuff, but I have to say it surprised me by being quite a good read. Following the fortunes of the various members of a family and loosely centred around the painting that gives the book its title, the...

from SteveLindahl

If you open The Shell Seekers to a random page, you are most likely going to find very detailed, often beautiful, prose. Here's an example: Olivia knew that she would never tire of the painting, even if she lived with it for most of her life. Its impact hit you like a gust of cold, salty air, Th...

from dawnlovesbooks

the most charming book i have ever read. i wanted to move to england and live with the heroine of the novel and drink tea and garden all day!!!! the perfect family saga. lots of good characters. read this when you have alot of time to sit and enjoy!!!!