Purchased for 50¢ at the "Project Literacy Victoria" book sale in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. I've read this one before, so it was purchased specifically for release.

From Publishers Weekly:

On the heels of a hasty wartime marriage, Penelope Keeling is left to repent at leisure in the English seaside town of Porthkerris, where her artist father and her French mother are spending the duration of World War II. Safe in the embracing arms of that warm household, Penelope forgets her sour husband and takes a lover, and in that relationship, too, she weathers the war's privations and its hardest blows. In a beautifully detailed family saga that shifts effortlessly back and forth in time, Pilcher (Under Gemini) recounts Penelope's story and that of her three children. When their grandfather's work suddenly comes into vogue, Nancy, obsessed over status, and sleek Noel, adept at getting the most and giving the least, join in urging their mother to sell The Shell Seekers, a painting that gives her great joy. Only Olivia, a cool and collected magazine editor, refuses to be party to their barely concealed avarice. Pilcher's 13th book is a satisfying and savory family novel, in which rich layers of description and engagingly flawed characters more than make up for the occasional cliche.

FYI, the cover of the actual book is different from the one shown on my bookshelf - I tried to track down a graphic for the real cover to upload with this journal entry, but couldn't find one - sorry!

dawni

I'll be taking this book to our BookCrossing Meetup tonight at Teas 'n' Beans - if no one claims it, I'll release it on the BookCrossing shelf.

dawni

Released on Thursday, September 11, 2003 at Teas 'n' Beans Cafe #129 - 877 Goldstream Ave in Victoria, British Columbia Canada.

Left behind after the Victoria BookCrossers' meetup.

dawni