We follow some other characters who will impact the characters above, one named Noel who appears to have a loose connection to the Aird family.

We also follow Archie Balmorino, his wife, his daughter and estranged sister Pandora. Instead we follow Edmund and Virginia Aird and their family (their son Henry and his daughter, Alexa, along with his mother Vi). Though we hear about Katy and her parents, they are not the focus of this book. Though it's been some time since the village has done a huge dance, all of the inhabitants are happy to do so. 'September' is all about the preparations that are leading to a dance, celebrating the 21st birthday of a young woman named Katy Steynton.

I wonder what happened to Henry, Alexa, Vi, all of the people we got to meet in this one. The only thing I wish is that we had a chance to follow up with all of these characters in a later book. I loved the characters, writing, setting, and the ending. It was recommended to me by several people and I finally read it this past weekend. I’ll be buying a copy of this book–but I’m going to try to find a copy with a better looking cover.I don't know what to say about this. This is one of those books I could see myself reading over and over throughout my life, and identifying with different characters each time. It’s beautifully written, with richly drawn characters and evocative descriptions. The book moves back and forth through time, as each chapter highlights someone important in Penelope’s life. Her father’s works are getting renewed attention from the art world, and two of her children are pressuring her to sell the paintings she owns, including The Shell Seekers. When the book opens, Penelope is 64 and recovering from a heart attack. It’s about Penelope Keeling, who grew up in Cornwall in the early 1900s, the daughter of a famous artist (who painted the titular Shell Seekers). It’s one of those books that is hard to describe the plot. When I was little I thought the title was so odd, and the cover so ugly, but I always remembered it.Īll these years later, when I saw the White Whale category on this year’s Bingo, I immediately thought of The Shell Seekers and requested it from the library. The Shell Seekers, in all its 80s floral and embossed glory, was one of the books that was kept in this room, and one I always remember seeing it as I was dusting, but I never opened it or read the inside cover. One of my chores as a child was to dust this room. It was wider than a normal hallway, and lined with bookshelves that were filled with both books and pictures. When I was a kid, our house had a hallway that ran between the living room and my parents’ bedroom.

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