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The Shell Seekers
- Narrated by: Hayley Atwell
- Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
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Summary
For the first time in unabridged audio download comes Rosamunde Pilcher's phenomenal, heartwarming best seller, read by Hayley Atwell.
Artist's daughter Penelope Keeling can look back on a full and varied life: a Bohemian childhood in London and Cornwall, an unhappy wartime marriage, and the one man she truly loved. She has brought up three children - and learned to accept them as they are.
Yet she is far too energetic and independent to settle sweetly into pensioned-off old age. And when she discovers that her most treasured possession, her father's painting, The Shell Seekers, is now worth a small fortune, it is Penelope who must make the decisions that will determine whether her family can continue to survive as a family or be split apart.
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- BG Rufus
- 22-11-18
A delightful treasure
This book was a delight, although a long listen I found myself captivated by the well written characters and couldn't wait for the next instalment. The narrator, Hayley Atwell is very easy to listen to. I will be putting more Rosamunde Pilcher books on my wish list.
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- looby
- 16-04-20
Enjoyable story for any Pilcher fan
As always with Pilcher this is a story with characters that draw you into their World. Mixing a few timescales it tells a tale between the past and the present and I was sorry when it ended. The narrator has an odd style, sounding as if irritated by her task which I found equally irritating at first but I learned to live with it (along with some mispronounced common words) and overall I enjoyed the book a lot.
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- V Houghton
- 14-07-20
Gentle twists & turns
This story builds and flows so cleverly. There is the characters, looping stories and crafted style that all books should encompass
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- Nichola Mollison
- 18-08-20
The shell Seekers
Another beautiful enchanting story by my fast becoming best author.
Wonderfully read by Hayley Atwell, who brought this story alive.
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- Susanna Stapleton
- 09-06-23
Beautiful story
I absolutely love this book. I’ve read it twice in the past. Unfortunately it was a little spoilt by the narrator rushing a lot of the time and with some strange pronunciation of certain words. This is such a wonderful storyline so beautifully written
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- Jeanine Rimmer
- 14-05-23
Lovely story.
Lovely story read the book many years ago. The narrator ruined the audible version, she seemed to be rushing through the book.
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- Victor Smith
- 21-10-22
A Proper Romance
A beautiful story, well told and narrated. RP develops her characters in a skillfully way and you very quickly invest your love, hopes and dreams in them.
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- DartmoorDiva
- 29-05-24
Let down by the narrator
It must be 20 years since I last read this novel. It is still a lovely story, but starting to show its age I think. There were parts where the improbability and tweeness, became almost too much, but overall it’s quite enchanting.
However, I have no idea why the narrator was selected for the job. As a fairly well-known actress it can’t have been for economic reasons, but her voice is completely wrong for the eras this book covers and her mispronunciation of so many words was infuriating. I can only believe the producers never listen or edit anything once it’s been recorded. Such a disappointment for such a classic.
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- Mrs. P. Jamas
- 13-05-19
Lovely story but niggled by lack of editing of narration
I loved Hayley’s voice and tone but spoiled as littered with mispronunciations which should have been edited. As Dahlias were mentioned several times; “Darlia” became very irritating and had me shouting at her. It shouldn’t matter but when you are immersed in such a lovely well written tale it is like being suddenly plucked out.
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- Marilynn
- 13-07-18
5* from me
just love this book, especially as it involvesj Cornwall my favorite place on this earth. its a good all round story. read well by the narrator,.., i must of read it
numbe of times but a first as a talking book and i was not disappointed ,
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