The shell seekers
A tale of three generations of an English family with roots in London and Cornwall, and a cherished painting that has passed from generation to generation and threatens to tear the family apart.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's,
2015.
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| Edition: | First St. Martin's Griffin edition. |
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| Summary: | A tale of three generations of an English family with roots in London and Cornwall, and a cherished painting that has passed from generation to generation and threatens to tear the family apart. |
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| Item Description: | Includes reading group guide. |
| Physical Description: | 632 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781250063786 1250063787 9781250157058 1250157056 |
| Author Notes: | Her first novel, Half-Way to the Moon, was published in 1949 under the penname Jane Fraser. She continued writing books under that penname into the early 1960s, but in 1955 she also published her first book under her own name entitled A Secret to Tell. Her best-known novel, The Shell Seekers, was published in 1987. Her other novels included Sleeping Tiger, The End of the Summer, Wild Mountain Thyme, Voices in Summer, September, Coming Home, and Winter Solstice. She also wrote short stories. She died after a short illness on February 6, 2019 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) |
