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The wait is over for the millions of readers who fell in love with Rosamunde Pilcher's compelling novels filled with riveting storylines and unforgettable characters. Now, New York Times bestselling author Rosamund Pilcher, has returned, giving her legion of fans another tale of love, loyalty,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Elfrida Phipps: Elfrida is an ex actress who worked on the stage. She's moved from London to a sleepy Hampshire village called Dibton which she dubs her "geriatric bolthole" to retire.
- Oscar Blundell: A local man who befriends Elfrida when she moves to Dibton. He plays the organ in the local church when they need someone to fill in.
- Horace: Elfrida's mongrol rescue dog. Aquired from Battersea dog's home.
- Carrie: Carrie is the younger daughter of Elfrida's cousin Geoffrey.
- Lucy: Carrie's 13 year old niece.
- Sam: A young divorcee whose just moved back to the UK from the States, in order to make a fresh start.
- Rory Kennedy: A young, unspoiled man on the brink of manhood. He rescues the damsel in distress.
- Mrs. Snead: The housekeeper for Elfrida and Oscar, she lives above the village shop wit her husband "Arfur" They made the unlikely move from London to Creagon.
- Hughie Mclennan: Add a description of this character.
- Francesca
- Jeffrey: Jeffrey Sutton, Elfrida's cousin. She spends a month with him amd his family in Cornwall.
- Tabitha Kennedy: The Vicar's wife.
- Creagan
- Gran
- Peter Kennedy: The local Vicar
- Dodie: Lucy's mother. Carrie's sister.
- Billicliffe
- Hector
- Neil
- Mrs. Jennings
- Arthur
- Andreas
- Deborah
- Mummy
- Rose Miller
- Gloria
- Clodagh
- Randall Fischer
- David Swinfield
- Janey
- Sturrock
- Amy
- David Wilkie
- Charlie
- Giles
- Ben
- James Erskine-earle
- Emma
- Mrs. Muswell
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“Elfrida: "Oscar, I'm leaving you." Oscar: "Forever"?Elfrida: "No, for about half an hour."”
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I am in fact convinced that when Francesca died in that terrible accident, God’s was the first heart to break.”
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Perhaps that was the worst of all. Not having someone to remember things with.
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“Life is sweet,” Peter went on. “Beyond the pain, life continues to be sweet. The basics are still there. Beauty, food, and friendship, reservoirs of love and understanding. Later, possibly not yet, you are going to need others who will encourage you to make new beginnings. Welcome them. They will help you move on, to cherish happy memories and confront the painful ones with more than bitterness and anger.”
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“It is so strong, so unpretentious, so . . . adaptable. Can’t you feel it, like a heartbeat, keeping us all going, sheltering; taking care of us all?”
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I am sure you own nothing that you do not think to be beautiful or know to be useful.” “William Morris.”
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I want a home where friends drop in and sit at the kitchen table, and share spaghetti and a bottle of wine. I want to open the front door at the end of a day and hear someone call my name. In the mornings I want to shave and smell bacon and eggs cooking, and coffee perking.
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Grief was not a state of mind, but a physical thing, a void, a deadening blanket of unbearable pain, precluding all solace.
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To me it’s been a revelation, how simply one can live.” “And happy?” “Happier than I ever thought possible.”
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“And, perhaps, the measure of good taste.”
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She would never know Ben and Amy again as the small children she had come to love during this particular period of their lives. Like the holiday that was over, those children would be gone forever.
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First Sentence edit
Before Elfrida Phipps left London for good and moved to the country, she made a trip to the Batteresea Dogs' Home, and returned with a canine companion.
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Rosamunde Pilcher (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Maartin's Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0312244266
Page Count: 454
Publisher: St. Maartin's Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0312244266
Page Count: 454
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- Library of Congress: PR6066.I38 W56 2000
- Dewey: 823.914
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