| The Day of the Storm | 
 enlarge | Author: Rosamunde Pilcher
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 163544
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0312961308
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780312961305
ASIN: 0312961308
Publication Date: February 15, 1997
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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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When you read a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher you enter a special world where emotions sing from the heart. A world that lovingly captures the ties that bind us to one another-the joys and sorrows, heartbreaks and misunderstandings, and glad, perfect moments when we are in true harmony. A world filled with evocative, engrossing, and above all, enjoyable portraits of people's lives and loves, tenderly laid open for us...
On the last day of her mother's life, Rebecca learns she has a family in Cornwall, and sets out to find the grandfather and cousin she has never known. But only the enigmatic Joss Gardner, the outsider who seems to be the apple of her grandfather's eye, can help her understand the dark currents that lie behind her family's loving reception.
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 Pilcher's a Treasure July 30, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I thought I had read every one of Rosamunde Pilcher's masterpieces but I recently came upon "The Day Of The Storm" and was happy to have another chance to relish in another Pilcher novel.
I found that I couldn't put the book down once I began reading it and so neglected things I needed to get done. Once again, the story is brilliantly told with interesting characters and a fascinating plot.
I'll keep searching just in case I've missed another Pilcher creation and hopefully I'll find one.
terrific, light romance March 15, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is not only my favorite Rosamunde Pilcher novel, but one of my favorite novels of all time. In it, 21 year old Rebecca Bayliss searches for her estranged relatives shortly after her mother's death. On the way to her relatives, she meets a mysterious stranger, Joss Gardner, an attractive young man who at first seems almost like her stalker, but winds up being her hero. The descriptions of Cornwall are breathtaking. There was just one disturbing scene to me, when her cousin kissed her dead on the mouth and when she tried to get away, he grabbed her and slapped her. Luckily she was a strong enough young woman to not put up with that or fear him. You will fall in love with all the characters in this book. Well, maybe not the violent cousin, but everyone else. Buy a copy off amazon today. You won't regret it. I think this book appeals mainly to young women. I fell in love with it at 22.
 Didn't feel like a Rosamunde Pilcher book October 15, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I just finished this book and altho I found it easy reading and enjoyable I just didn't feel like I was reading a Rosamunde Pilcher book. It felt like a light romance novel by someone else. There is so much depth to the Shell Seekers and September and Winter Solstice and I didn't see it here. I wasn't actually disappointed because I was in the mood for light romance but it just felt like one of the Victoria Holt type romances. I adore Rosamunde Pilcher's the Shell Seekers and have the audiobook and video both. I will continue to read her books because like I said I adore her writing usually.
Lavishly Painted Setting January 18, 2003
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
After a very unconventional upbringing, Rebecca Bayliss has found bliss in her dull life working in a London book shop and living in a solitary flat she is slowly furnishing. For once she is in control of her life, and quite content. But her mother's latest lover writes that her mother is dying, and Rebecca must hurry to Ibiza. There Rebecca finally learns of her family in Cornwall and the famous artist grandfather she's never known but whom she feels compelled to inform of his daughter's death. The story is full of unusual coincidences (sometimes called fate?) and makes several abrupt turns before reaching a surprise of an ending. While Pilcher lavishly paints the background of her books, a map would have really been lovely in this one.
Call me crazy but I read this book twice within six months! May 6, 2002
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
First of all, I love Rosemund Pilcher. The main characters in her stories are all so good and sweet (I know, this one did have a villain) AND her books always have happy endings. Sometimes, when I want to escape into a good book, I want a fairy tale and DAY OF THE STORM is definitely a fairy tale. This book is such easy reading--I read it on the airplane--very easy to get into. Pilcher is the best when it comes to character development and while reading this story, you will come to love Grenville, Joss, and especially Rebecca.
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