A heartwarming bestseller from the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.

'Serene and beguiling' The Times

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.

The bestselling, heartwarming tale of innocence and youth during the 1930s re-issued with a stunning new jacket look

About the Author
Rosamunde Pilcher had a long and distinguished career as a novelist and short story writer, but it was her phenomenally successful novel, The Shell Seekers, that captured the hearts of all who read it, and won her international recognition as one of the best-loved storytellers of our time. It was voted one of UK's top 100 novels in the BBC's Big Read in 2003. Her bestselling novels, September, Coming Home and Winter Solstice were made into television films. She was awarded an O.B.E for services to literature in 2002 and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Dundee University in 2010. Rosamunde Pilcher died on 6 February 2019.

Reviews
The novel has a gently sweet flavour, it continues to beguile because of Pilcher's warmth, sincerity and easy, undemanding prose * Sunday Times *
Compelling pages packed with convincing characters, vivid settings and weepy bits * Daily Mail *
A great featherbed of a novel, all the right ingredients * Woman & Home *
Especially good on atmosphere and a lonely teenager's bewilderment, Pilcher's storytelling skills are serene and beguiling * The Times *
Much-needed balm to soothe the troubled mind * Sunday Express *
A well-upholstered good read * Daily Mail *
Classy, lavish entertainment . . . literate pleasure * Publishers Weekly *
Captivating . . . The best sort of book to come home to . . . Readers will undoubtedly hope Pilcher comes home to the typewriter again soon. * New York Daily News *



Book Information
ISBN 9780340752470
Author Rosamunde Pilcher
Format Paperback
Page Count 1040
Imprint Hodder Paperback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Weight(grams) 621g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 138mm * 47mm