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Under Gemini
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...more
Paperback, 243 pages
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by HarperCollins Publishers
(first published 1974)
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This is my favorite of hers. The thing she does best is paint word pictures. She has a gift for descriptive language. You can 'see' the places she talks about. I love her English settings as well.
I don't think Rosamund Pilcher has ever written a bad book - they are all very readable.
Back Cover Blurb:
Flora and Rose are identical twins who do not know of each other's existence. Rose has been raised by her frivolous mother with the glossy international jet set. Flora has spent her childhood in the beauty and quiet of her father's Cornish cottage. And then, by chance, they meet.
The encounter seems heaven-sent to the shameless Rose, who longs to be free of a man she no longer desires. In taki...more
Back Cover Blurb:
Flora and Rose are identical twins who do not know of each other's existence. Rose has been raised by her frivolous mother with the glossy international jet set. Flora has spent her childhood in the beauty and quiet of her father's Cornish cottage. And then, by chance, they meet.
The encounter seems heaven-sent to the shameless Rose, who longs to be free of a man she no longer desires. In taki...more
Rosamunde Pilcher is my favourite "popular" writer. She manages to be cosy and astute at the same time. Her small novels are all very readable and I believe were published by St Martins to grab some of the Mills & Boon market. This one is I think the best of these and it would make a very enjoyable film if the original setting of the 1970s was kept.
Here's a perfect example why I love Pilcher's writing:
"At once the small curled-up ball of fur at the end of Tuppy's bed resolved itself into an...more
Here's a perfect example why I love Pilcher's writing:
"At once the small curled-up ball of fur at the end of Tuppy's bed resolved itself into an...more
I have not labelled this book as chick lit, but it is really, for the older generation. A lovely, gentle story which flows just as easily as Ms Pilcher's previous book The Shell Seekers. Pure escapism, you cannot help but get caught up in the drama of it all. The deception takes place by an 'unwilling' Flora, who agreed to the plan to help Anthony, Rose's fiancé out of a difficult situation. Flora wants to tell the truth, but Anthony is too scared to do so.
A great summer read, one for the plane...more
A great summer read, one for the plane...more
Mar 21, 2012
Lorrie
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5 of 5 stars
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This book was a sleeper. I read the first half in a fog while reading two other slightly less than special books. This book was the last to be finished. The first half was read while in the car during lunch hour. The second half was read over the weekend at home after I'd finished the other two.
As I was reading the first half I was so reminded of "Parent Trap". I just had deja vue about what was going on with the twins, Flora & Rose, and felt I had heard it and read it all before. I was jus...more
As I was reading the first half I was so reminded of "Parent Trap". I just had deja vue about what was going on with the twins, Flora & Rose, and felt I had heard it and read it all before. I was jus...more
Whenever I need a pick-me-up or just want to curl up under a blanket and forget about my problems for a while, I turn to Rosamunde Pilcher. Her books are not exactly what you’d call high literature (I suppose they belong to the women’s fiction category), but they always give me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside. Under Gemini is no exception.
Flora and Rose are twins who were separated at birth – their parents took one each and never told them about it. Twenty-two years later they suddenly find them...more
Flora and Rose are twins who were separated at birth – their parents took one each and never told them about it. Twenty-two years later they suddenly find them...more
Oh, this was one of my favourites of Ms. Pilcher's thinner novels. A woman is persuaded by her twin sister (that she didn't know she had) to impersonate her at her sister's finance's home in Scotland. She is very reluctant to go, and her twin doesn't care much for the boyfriend. She meets her "fiance's" family and just loves them and the house. But how to tell everyone who she really is?
Jan 02, 2012
Nicola
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3 of 5 stars
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I really enjoyed this book, and will look for more by Pilcher in the future. I thought the story would revolve around the relationship between Rose and Flora, identical twins seperated at birth. In the end I was glad it did not. Pilcher was able to create strong, human characters whom I developed a variety of opinions about. Even the absent character of Rose became familiar, if not particularly liked by me. I originally thought Antony was selfish asking Flora to participate in his deception. In...more
What a lovely book, just like all of those written by Pilcher. This is set in a small coastal town in Scotland, with a rather unlikely plot involving a young man who is trying to pass off, to his family, the twin sister of the fiancee who jilted him as his intended bride. However unlikely it is, the characters are full of life, and easily make up for it. Few authors can portray families as wonderfully as Pilcher.
Enjoyable tale of twin sisters who - you'll never guess? - switch identities! One sister is the good one, the other? - you've guessed it again! And of course the nice sister wins the handsome but lonely country doctor. (He is described as "middle aged" in the book, though he is only 36! Depends on one's perspective, I suppose.)
Two identical twins are separated at birth by divorcing parents. Years later, a chance meeting & a situation where one "plays" the role of the other, albeit with good intentions. They look exactly alike on the outside, but through the course of the book, it is clear their values are different. Is it nature or nurture?
I've enjoyed most all of Rosamunde Pilcher's novels until I came to this one. The premise of the book is so far-fetched that to me it was sunk before it even got going. It then followed a very predictable plot through to its end.
I would skip this one and read The Shell Seekers and Coming Home instead.
I would skip this one and read The Shell Seekers and Coming Home instead.
Jan 13, 2012
Mary
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Anyone who likes contemporary fiction
Recommended to Mary by:
Bookmooch
Flora and Rose are identical twins who have never met. Rose has been raised by a frivilous mother to be part of the international jet set and Flora has spent her childhood with her father in a quiet cottage. Then, one day, the twins meet. I loved this book and give it an A!
I was looking for an "easy" read and this fit the bill perfectly. It was just what I have come to expect from Rosamunde Pilcher - and while it wasn't a real thought provoking book, I enjoyed sitting by the fire reading it!
This is my third R.Picher book I've read. Better than Snow in April by far, and a little better than Day of the Storm. The romance is a more developed and believable in this one...still a little corny, but still fun to read.
I'm a big fan of Rosamonde Pilcher but, in my opinion, it seems like her shorter novels are just not as good as the longer ones. This novel could have had more character development and depth. I never quite understood what drew the Flora and Hugh to one another. Also, this book was written in the 1970's and just did not translate well into this century (ie. guy slapping girl, girl apologizing and guy not needing to, girl begging guy for acceptance, etc.). I know we shouldn't put our current valu...more
You can always count on Rosamunde Pilcher for a good book. This one is no exception. It is about two identical twins who were separated at birth. My favorite book by R.P. is The Shellseekers.
My fave of Pilcher! True, she only writes romance novels, but she is great at it! I read it at a young age but I found it fascinating, clever and the plotline was excellent!
The Cornwall scenes presented were simply awesome (:
The Cornwall scenes presented were simply awesome (:
OK, the premise is absurd, but the characters are interesting, it's well-written, and the cozy level is "Maximum Cuddle". Sometimes that's just what I'm looking for.
Ahh the guilty pleasure of reading these British-accented tales of lush country homes, genteel poverty and unassuming wealth.
Jan 04, 2009
Sandivina
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"Bajo el signo de Geminis", la traducción, lo mismo, me emocioné con la escritora y me leí varias de sus obras
Great descriptions of Scotland.......hoakey plot but still fun because it's a Pilcher chick flick novel
This is nice romance. After reading this I read all of this authors books that our local library had.
Rosamunde Pilcher is fairly predictable romance but I love the cozy comfort of it.
I love Rosamunde & anything that she writes.
not as good as shell seekers by a long shot
Pilcher is one of my favorite authors, bar none.
Wonderful book, great characters, told like Winter Solstice where each chapter title is a character's name. Love this book, recommend it highly.
Aug 10, 2012
Gerri
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Read twice. First time 10/1/92.
A nice and fast read. Would you be different had you been raised in another environment?
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Rosamunde Scott was born on 22 September 1924 in Lelant, Cornwall, England, UK, daughter of Helen and Charles Scott, a British commander. Just before her birth her father was posted in Burma, her mother remained in England. She attended St. Clare's Polwithen and Howell's School Llandaff before going on to Miss Kerr-Sanders' Secretarial College. She began writing when she was seven, and published h...more
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