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Flowers In The Rain: & Other Stories
Rosamunde Pilcher...
She makes you laugh...
She makes you cry...
She takes you to a world of hope and romance...
And into the lives of people you'll never forget.
She's Rosamunde Pilcher,
America's most beloved storyteller...
And this is her gift to you.
Mass Market Paperback, 355 pages
Published
July 15th 1992
by St. Martin's Paperbacks
(first published 1991)
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Rosamunde Pilcher has just become one of my new favorite authors. This is the first book of hers I've read, and not to use a cliche (I'm going to anyway), but her writing is so comfortable. It's cozy, like curling up in my favorite big comfy chair with a steaming cup of tea. She paints perfect pictures for her readers so they can envision the scenery she describes. She writes about everything that is familiar and welcoming about the different seasons and settings. "A Walk in the Snow" ...more
MSJA Book Club selection, October 2007. I've read this collection of short stories several times. Her stories explore universal themes like love and marriage, friendship, birth, death, and dreams coming true. All of her characters, children, young women, bachelors, newlyweds, older gentlemen and mothers and fathers, are so engaging and lifelike, you feel as if you want to befriend each and every resident of her Scottish and Cornish villages. One of my favorite stories is "The Blackberry Da...more
I've read this collection of short stories several times. I re-read it for my book club. I would love to live in one of Rosamunde Pilcher's Scottish or Cornish villages. The stories explore universal themes like love and marriage, friendship, birth, death, and dreams coming true. She writes about all types of characters, children, young women, bachelors, newlyweds, older gentlemen and mothers and fathers. All of the characters are likeable and full of life. My favorite story is "The B...more
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This is a collection of short stories by this author who has become a favorite of mine. MY disappointment was that it was not a novel. Her novels are wonderful and deep, and her short stories just don't have time to get into the story as much as I would like. I always wanted more.
I recently re-read this book. The world of Rosamunde Pilcher is a gentle place full of essentially good people. It is a reminder that road rage, impatience and getting ahead can be distracting and negative by-products of a busier society.
I like her books, but the one problem I have is that the "lovers" always get together at the end within minutes. One minute they just met, and the next minute they can't live without each other and are getting married. What happened to courtship?
Finally, a Rosamunde Pilcher book I did not like, probably because it was one story after another, all boy meets girl with a perfect ending (you can't tell me that's real life!). At least it was a short, quick read.
This is a collection of short stories. Love the charming foreign settings, the old-fashioned values, and the modern life in retro-villages. Humor, romance, family love - it's all there.
This is a very enjoyable series of short stories. One theme that runs through them - the women tend to marry men who are at least 15 years older than themselves. Curious.
I love this book. It's a great one to read around Christmas as it ends on a very sweet Christmas story. This time of the year it's just nice to read short stories since there seems to be less time to do anything.
I think I am just not that in to short stories. Cute, but too short for any real development
Love her . I always feel like I have had a cup of tea and heard a good story from an old friend.
Pilcher is one of my favorite authors, bar none.
Behagelige noveller med happy ending.
I love Rosamunde Pilcher. Her sensible characters, friendly villages and Scottish landscapes make me smile. My favorite story in this collection is "Blackberry Day." Claudia returns north to nurse her broken heart and reconnects with a man from her past. I love the scenes on the train and when she and her old friend go hill-climbing. Pilcher does such a wonderful job of drawing her readers into her characters' world.
cute little short stories. much the same in flavor and not nearly as good as her books.
Enjoyed all the stories even if they become predictable.
Like most of the books I read by Rosamunde Pilcher this compilation of short stories often ends with a sickeningly happy love story. However, the last story, "Skates" is the story of two sisters and the one I liked the most. Their relationship bares a slight similarity between the one my sister and I shared when we were younger.
It's been a long time. From memory, I wouldn't think of this as serious literature, but as pulp somewhat. However, I remember enjoying these stories, and having the feeling of being uplifted by them, feeling good and happy after having read them, which is certainly a plus.
I could read and re-read Pilcher's short stories till the cows come home and never tire of them. It's like a Rosamunde Pilcher fix when you don't have time to read an entire novel.
Sweet, romantic short stories. Pilcher is a good writer and and can really draw you into her storylines in a short amount of time. Nice read on a lazy day.
oddly, the only story I remember is not listed as being previously published, but I'm almost positive I read it in Good Housekeeping years ago.
Nothing fancy. Just a comforting collection of short stories about life and love that I really enjoyed having on my nightstand.
Faultless sense of place, and characters you want to befriend. What more could you ask? Entire novels instead of short stories!
Lovely romantic old-fashioned short storiesabout women of all ages. Heartwarming, happy and encouraging.
The short stories are so full of yearning and hope. Great to read when you need a pick me up.
Sweet, short stories of people whose lives have changed, even if just a little.
Enjoyed the fast read - short stories about everyday life.
sweet, sweet stories
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Rosamunde Pilcher is a British author of romance novels and mainstream women's fiction. Early in her career she was also published under the pen name Jane Fraser. Pilcher retired from writing in 2000.
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