The Day of the Storm [Mass Market Paperback]

Rosamunde Pilcher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 1997

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.

Editorial Reviews

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'Her genius is to create characters you really care for' -- Daily Express 'Pilcher's storytelling skills are serene and beguiling' -- The Times 'It is never too soon to discover Rosamunde Pilcher' -- Good Housekeeping Whether she is being poignant, wry or perceptive, Rosamunde Pilcher is always gentle' -- Woman's Realm --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

About the Author

Rosamunde Pilcher is the author of such worldwide bestselling novels as The Shell Seekers, September, Coming Home, Winter Solstice, and Voices in Summer. The Shell Seekers was a Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Book. She is also the author of The World of Rosamunde Pilcher. Pilcher is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). She lives with her husband Graham and their dog in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (February 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312961308
• ISBN-13: 978-0312961305
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,744 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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74 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Romance at an English Manor, April 14, 2000

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Antoinette Klein (Hoover, Alabama USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Day of the Storm (Mass Market Paperback)

Rebecca Bayliss is a young London woman working in a book shop. As her mother is dying, she tells Rebecca about the family in Cornwall that she has never known. Rebecca travels to the estate of her grandfather, a once-famous artist, to inform him of the death of his only daughter. Rebecca is a thorougly likeable heroine and is surrounded by a cast of well-defined secondary characters from the cousins to the aunt to the butler. Although written before her more famous novel, "The Shell Seekers," many of the enticing elements of that book are found here---the description of the beach at Cornwall, the artist's studio, and the enigmatic young man who has a profound influence on the main character. This is a most satisfying read for all and a definite must for those of us who can never get enough of Rosamunde Pilcher.

34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Day of the Storm, March 26, 2000

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Sophie (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Day of the Storm (Mass Market Paperback)

This was the first book of Pilcher's that I have read, she is a very talented writer. The confused and very human caracter, was easy to feel sympathic towards, as she struggles to find out about her recently discoverd family. She digs deep into the family's past, uncovering many deep and unforgotten angers. As all this is happening, she herself is trying to decide what this means to her, she has a family now but will it be one for long?

The Day of the Storm was a thoroughly enjoyable expirence, an unforgetable novel. I could not put the book down, it makes you want to find out just like she does.

A journey through someone elses life is always a good escape.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lavishly Painted Setting, January 17, 2003

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Mamalinde "mamalinde" (Dallas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Day of the Storm (Mass Market Paperback)

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.