putterings 248 < 249 > 250 index
“Just that.”
“What are you doing, standing there, gazing into space?” Rosemary asked.
“Just that.”
“Poor old Mrs. Titchfield. Never mind — she had a good, long life. Seems funny though, doesn’t it, not to see her puttering about in that strip of garden? It must have been the best-weeded plot in the county. Have you done your shopping?”
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ex Rosamunde Pilcher, “The Watershed,” in Flowers in the Rain, and Other Stories (1991) : 197-215 (199) : link
first published as “The Anniversary Surprise,” in Redbook (February 1990)
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Rosamunde Pilcher (1924-2019)
wikipedia : link
- “Rosamunde Pilcher, author of The Shell Seekers, dies aged 94.
The British author, who produced numerous bestsellers after her 1987 breakthrough, died following a stroke.”
Alison Flood. The Guardian (7 February 2019) : link - “Rosamunde Pilcher obituary
Popular and prolific novelist best known for The Shell Seekers and Coming Home whose work was particularly admired in Germany”
caption :
“...The second world war, and the many young people she had met in her travels, provided limitless subject matter.”
Felicity Bryan. The Guardian. (7 February 2019) : link
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aside (why? how?) —
because an Amazon reviewer (FiddleBaby, August 3, 2010 : link) of Kathleen Norris her The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne (1912) was reminded of Rosamund Pilcher’s writing style.