| Coming Home | 
 enlarge | Author: Rosamunde Pilcher
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  85 reviews
Sales Rank: 30499
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 977
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 0312958129
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780312958121
ASIN: 0312958129
Publication Date: August 15, 1996
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Condition: Good condition, wear from reading and use. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact and has some creases. The spine has signs of wear and creases. This copy may include "From the library of" labels, stickers or stamps and be an ex-library copy.
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Against the backdrop of an elegant Cornwall mansion before World War II and a vast continent-spanning canvas during the turbulent war years, this involving story tells of an extraordinary young woman's coming of age, coming to grips with love and sadness, and in every sense of the term, coming home...
In 1935, Judith Dunbar is left behind at a British boarding school when her mother and baby sister go off to join her father in Singapore. At Saint Ursula's, her friendship with Loveday Carey-Lewis sweeps her into the privileged, madcap world of the British aristocracy, teaching her about values, friendship, and wealth. But it will be the drama of war, as it wrenches Judith from those she cares about most, that will teach her about courage...and about love.
Teeming with marvelous, memorable characters in a novel that is a true masterpiece, Coming Home is a book to be savored, reread, and cherished forever.
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 Great beach read May 17, 2008
This is my favorite Pilcher novel, liked it even better than the Shell Seekers. If you love reading about English life between the wars and are a fan of "Aga-sagas" you would enjoy this book.
977 Pages.....it has to be darn good to keep the readers interested..... April 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yes, it was a delightful story, I couldn't put it down I didn't want it to end. I have to say the only one thing that I wish Mrs. Pilcher would of done different is maybe to add 25 more pages and talked about Judith and Jeremy, after all she went through in the 10 years that the story takes place she well deserved and we the readers deserved to be part of her happiness. I sure hope there would be continuation to this absolutely wonderful story.
 I want to move to Cornwall! February 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Coming Home is one of those books best described as a "sprawling saga", starring the landscapes of Cornwall England. Coming Home is the story of Judith Dunbar, beginning with her girlhood in the seaside resort of Penmarron in the years before World War 2, her young adulthood during the war, and in its aftermath. The event that changed Judith's life was meeting Loveday Carey-Lewis at a department store kitting up in preparation for St. Ursula's boarding school. Judith has been placed in the care of her aunt after her mother and her sister moved to Singapore to be with her father. Loveday, spoiled and willful, but wild and fun, has special permission to go home on weekends, and she invites Judith to Nancherrow, the family estate. Judith is immediately enfolded into Loveday's warm family life. I wanted to resent the Carey-Lewises with their upper-class advantages, but Pilcher makes it impossible. In contrast with upper-class families as typically portrayed, they are a close family with good communication, physically affectionate and emphatically not snobbish. These advantages let the family adapt well to the harsh circumstances of wartime. Judith and her family moved around a lot, so Judith never associated any one place as the fixed anchor of "home". Nancherrow becomes that place for her. After reading Coming Home, I was ready to pack up and move to Cornwall, it sounded so idyllic. Palm trees, beaches, and English country estates - what's not to like. There's love and romance too, but Coming Home is more a woman's journey to adulthood than a boy meets girl story. As Judith grows up, she can transition from becoming the receiver of kindness and generosity to being a woman who is able to give to and care for others.
If you're an Anglophile with an appetite for big books, you'll enjoy Coming Home. If you like Coming Home, you might want to check out author Mary Wesley. Wesley also draws on her own experiences to write about the wartime period in England in a similar vein.
A classic! May 9, 2007
I got so involved with the characters I was sad when it was over. It has good character development and an interesting storyline. An all around enjoyable read. I would definietly read it again...and that's saying a lot for me.
My Favorite Book! January 9, 2007
This book is my favorite book. I read my mom's old copy last summer and just HAD to purchase a copy to keep for myself at college. Readers can live the story themselves through the main characters. An interesting description of World War Two through the eyes of a young British girl, becoming a woman. Very touching and very seemingly realistic.
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