Starting over - Softcover

Robin Pilcher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0751530913 ISBN 13: 9780751530919

Publisher: Little Brown P/B, 2003

Synopsis

Liz Dewhurst is devastated when she discovers that her husband Gregor is having an affair. After years of security she now faces a new and frightening world, where every day feels like a struggle for survival. But things soon begin to change when Liz's son suggests renting out a room to bring in some extra income. The person he suggests, his eccentric German tutor Arthur Kempler, is funny, charming and hits it off with everyone. And when Arthur goes on holiday to Spain and persuades Liz to join him, Liz meets the last person either expected to see: Arthur's son.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Robin Pilcher, bestselling author of An Ocean Apart returns readers to contemporary Scotland, where the "simple" life has grown somewhat more complicated, but the shortest distance between lonely hearts will always be love...

Sometimes The Hardest Thing In Life...
Liz Dewhurst has witnessed quite a bit in her thirty-seven years: the birth of her son, the death of her mother, the waxing and waning days on the farm where she was raised...the sight of her husband in another woman's arms. Suddenly, she's feeling worn down and used up by the very lifestyle upon which she once thrived. Bitterness at her broken marriage has distanced her from her son, Alex-even as she's poured all her remaining energy into battling the development company that wants to purchase her family's land to build a golf course.

...Is To Live It
Now Liz must confront a few things, including the fate of the farm, her feelings for her ex-husband, and a trip to Spain that rekindles a fire in her she had forgotten existed. The Liz who returns to Balmuir is a different woman. Now, in the wake of a near-tragedy, she must draw on her newfound strength to make a difficult choice. To look at her life in a different way, standing tall, and...

Starting Over

"Pilcher writes with an excellent sense of the pace of his story. It's easy to feel you know these people and to grasp the complexities of their relationships...a worthy novel." -Houston Chronicle

"[Pilcher's] characters are ordinary people enriched by [the] quiet rendering of their lives in a tale [with] lots of emotion...one of those smart, charming stories that leaves readers feeling content and very happy that they chose to read it." -Booklist

From the Inside Flap

by Lynn Redgrave
2 cassettes, 3 hrs.

STARTING OVER

Since the split-up of her 18-year marriage, Liz Dewhurst has lived with her son, Alex, and her father on the small family farm on the east coast of Fife, an area blessed with rich soil and beautiful, unspoiled landscapes. But change is in the works. The farm is in financial trouble, and developers are willing to buy at a good price. An attractive older man is now a boarder, and even Liz's ex-husband is suddenly back in the picture.With a deft touch and an uncanny sense of the human heart, Robin Pilcher's STARTING OVER will be an unforgettable, heart-warming audiobook.

Edition details

• Publisher: Little Brown P/B
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0751530913
• ISBN 13: 9780751530919
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400