In her introduction, Pilcher calls them “The tiresome Nancy, the cool-headed Olivia, the materialistic Noel”. In the course of the story, we get to know Penelope and all three of her children.
Instead, she handles her affairs, and decides to make a long-overdue trip to Cornwall where she grew up and spent the years during World War II. And, she’s not going to allow her children to push her around. But, except for one major mistake in her life when she was a young woman, Penelope Keeling has always known her own mind. The picture has been her refuge and comfort throughout her life, but when her adult children discover Lawrence Stern’s paintings have increased in value, they have plans for the money if she’d only sell her paintings. The Shell Seekers is Penelope Keeling’s story, from the time she was a child, appearing in a picture of that title by her artist father, Lawrence Stern. Both notes are as warm and welcoming as the book itself. After all that time, The Shell Seekers is out in trade paperback for the first time, with a note from Thomas Dunne, the publisher for Pilcher’s book, and Pilcher’s introduction to the twenty-fifth anniversary edition. And, I really think I appreciate the book now that I’m in my fifties much more than I would have at thirty. But, I was too busy to spend time with a book over 600 pages long. Of course, as a librarian, I was aware of Rosamunde Pilcher’s #1 bestseller, The Shell Seekers. The story continues through the advent of three children and Penelope’s desertion by her husband, with the pull of Cornwall ever present.Where were you in 1987? I was in Florida, starting a new job in Lee County, and certainly not reading the number of books that I now read each year. The location of the play moves between time and place beginning with Penelope’s return to her Cotswold home from hospital in the present day. This is the story of Penelope Keeling and her family and the passion and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations.
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