Coming home
Pilcher, Rosamunde2014
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Set on a family estate on the Cornish coast, the comfort and welcoming atmosphere is extinguished by the on-set of the war._.When Judith Dunbar is invited to the Carey-Lewis's Cornish home she is thrilled. With their generosity and kindness, Judith grows from naive girl to confident young woman. But in the gathering storm of war, these carefree days will seem as distant as a dream.Wartime Cornish saga from the author of T̀he shell seekers'.Born in Colombo, Judith Dunbar spends her teenage years at boarding school, while her beloved mother and younger sister live abroad with her father. When her new friend Loveday Carey-Lewis invites Judith home for the weekend to Nancherrow, the Carey-Lewises' beautiful estate on the Cornish coast, it is love at first sight. She falls in love too with the generous Carey-Lewises themselves. With their generosity and kindness, Judith grows from naive girl to confident young woman, basking in the warm affection of a surrogate family whose flame burns brightly. But it is a flame soon to be extinguished in the gathering storm of war. And Judith herself has far to travel before at last ...coming home.For Judith Dunbar, her first glimpse of Nancherrow, her friend Loveday's beautiful family estate on the Cornish coast, is love at first sight - after the rigours of boarding school it spells luxury. She falls in love, too, with all Loveday's family. They treat Judith as one of them. With their generosity and kindness, Judith grows from naive girl to confident young woman basking in the warmth of a surrogate family whose flame of love and affection burns brightly. But it is a flame soon to be extinguished in the gathering storm of war. In the danger and deprivation of the 'forties, those sun-drenched Cornish days seem as distant as a dream. Many of the young people whose carefree laughter echoed round Nancherrow will laugh no more. And Judith herself has far to travel before at last coming home.Happy sun-drenched Cornish days become distant as war looms and Judith has far to travel before she can return home.In telling the story of Judith Dunbar and her loved ones, Rosamunde Pilcher writes with warmth, wisdom, and clear-eyed insight about every family. This is a totally involving story of coming of age, coming to terms with both love and sadness, and, in every sense of the words, Coming Home.Judith Dunbar comes of age while confronting her feelings about love and sadness and journeying back to her childhood home.The story of Judith Dunbar and her loved ones, set against the backdrop of England facing the impending World War II.--.
Main title:
Coming home / Rosamunde Pilcher.
Author:
Pilcher, Rosamunde, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Hodder, 2014.©1995.
Collation:
1016, 16 pages ; 20 cm.
Linking notes:
Available in other form: Pilcher, Rosamunde St. Martin's paperbacks edition Print version Coming home
Awards:
Winner of Romantic Novel of the Year Award, 1996.
ISBN:
9780340752470
Language:
English
Subject:
World War (1939-1945)1939-19451900 - 19991900-1999World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- FictionFamily -- FictionYoung women -- FictionRomance fictionFictionHistoricalFamily relationsAdult literatureWar -- FictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- England -- FictionLarge print booksCornwall (England County) History 20th century FictionMan-woman relationships -- FictionEngland -- Cornwall (County)Cornwall (England) -- History -- 20th century -- FictionCornwall (England : County) -- History -- 20th century -- FictionWestern DistrictEngland -- FictionGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945 -- FictionEngland -- FictionEnglandLake BolacAngleterre -- Romans, nouvelles, etcEngland -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- FictionCornwall (England : County)Romance fictionRomance fictionElectronic booksWar storiesFictionElectronic booksWar storiesRomance fictionHistorical fictionLove storiesHistoryWar storiesHistorical fiction
Index terms:
War storiesLove storiesEnglish fiction
BRN:
2861253