My Review:
Penelope Keeling, an aging mother and widow, suffers a minor heart attack and finds herself at the mercy of her oldest daughter Nancy's meddling concerns, and her youngest son Noel's greed. But she finds refuge in her middle child Olivia and in her memories, good and bad.
Nancy and Noel discover through an advertisement in the newspaper that one of their grandfather's paintings are being sold at auction and are worth a great deal of money. They try to persuade Penelope to part with some of her father's "lesser" paintings and hope she will be generous with the earnings from the sale. But Penelope is on to them and isn't so sure she's willing to part with the artwork, and definitely not her favorite painting called The Shell Seekers.
Throughout the story, the reader is treated to chapters focused on different characters, some taking us back to pre-WWII, other's after and still other's in more recent years and of course, the present. The history and stories that unfolds makes The Shell Seekers one of those rare books that keep the reader captivated and invoke the reader to feel for the characters.
My Rating: 5/5
Hardcover: 544 pages
Publisher: Gramercy (April 6, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 051722285X
ISBN-13: 978-0517222850
Customer Review: 4.5/5
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