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A nice summer read set in England. I enjoyed this because it ended on a happy note. *smiles*
Takes place in a seaside cottage in Cornwall. Love all of Pilcher's books and I am posting them reluctantly.
Virginia Keile's secret dream was to have another chance at the loving the Cornish farmershe met and lost the summer she was a debutante. She had learned alot in the last twenty-seven years-about marrying a titled bachelor picked by your mother, a lonely marriage that eneded in her husbands accidental death and almost losing her two kids to her husband's mother and bossy Nanny. Now she has come back to Cornwall ro rent a battered cottage for her children and herself and to discover if this time she could fill an empty house with love.
Virginia Keile's secret dream was to have a second change at loving the tall, handsome Cornish farmer she had met - and foolishly lost - the summer she was a debutante. Life had taught her a great deal in twenty-seven years - about marrying a titled bachelor picked out by her mother, about a lonely marriage that ended in her husband's accidental death, about nearly losing her two children to her husband's mother and bossy Nanny. Now she had come back to picturesque Cornwall to rent a battered seaside cottage for her children and herself - and to discover if this time she could fill an empty house with love.
How the human spirit behaves in joy and sorrow.
Virginia Keile's secret dream was to have a second chance at loving the tall, handsome Cornish farmer she had met - and foolishly lost - the summer she was a debutante. Life had taught her a great deal in 27 years - about marrying a titled batchelor picked out by her mother, about a lonely marriage that ended in her husband's accidental death, about nearly losing her 2 children to her husband's mother and bossy nanny. Now she had come back to a picturesque Cornwall to rent a battered seaside cottage for her children and herself... and discover if this time she could fill an empty house with love.
Okay, but very dated, and not exactly in a timeless way. :-)
This is one of my favorite Pilcher novels. It is a short, but heart touching story
From the back cover:
Virginia Keile's secret dream was to have a second chance at loving the tall, handsome Cornish farmer she had met--and foolishly lost--the summer she was a debutante. Life had taught her a great deal in twenty-seven years--about marrying a titled bachelor picked out by her mother, about a lonely marriage that ended in her husband's accidental death, about nearly losing her two children to her husband's mother and bossy Nanny. Now she had come back to picturesque Cornwall to rent a battered seaside cottage for her children and herself...and to discover if this time she could fill an empty house with love.
Earl H., Meldrim, Ga.
Virginia Keile's secret dream was to have a second chance at loving the tall, handsome Cornish farmer she had met--and foolishly lost--the summer she was a debutante. Life had taught her a great deal in twenty-seven years--about marrying a titled bachelor picked out by her mother, about a lonely marriage that ended in her husband's accidental death, about nearly losing her two children to her husband's mother and bossy Nanny. Now she had come back to picturesque Cornwall to rent a battered seaside cottage for her children and herself...and to discover if this time she could fill an empty house with love.
Earl H., Meldrim, Ga.
This is a large print edition-one of Rosamunde Pilcher's great novels about life and love
a good book