I fell in love with Rosamund Pilcher's characters when I read "September" and I read a lot of her novels.
This is the first time I read some her short stories and I think that each of them could be become a novel.
Even if the atmosphere is vintage and you can say that they were written long time ago the characters are ageless and her women could be the heroine in a contemporary novels.
Great characters, gripping plot and wonderful settings.
She was a master storyteller and I was left craving for more.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Review published in: https://diagnosisbookaholic.blogspot.com/2020/12/a-place-like-home.html

Author Lucinda Riley writes in this volume's introduction that when asked to write it she felt emotional as it took her back to her teens when she read "The shell seekers". That's exactly how I felt when I saw on NetGalley that a new book by Rosamunde Pilcher was being published. I still remember "The shell seekers" and "Coming home" as two books that marked my teenage years (although I can't remember much about them now). It might be that I remember those through rose-colored glasses and should I re-read them now I would not think the same about them. That's why it pains me to say that "A place like home" is not worthy.

This collection of short stories is so outdated nowadays. They certainly have not aged well. Each story presents a woman whose main worry in life is to have a man beside her. The message most of them convey is that if you're a woman and you're single you have failed in life, that you won't be truly happy unless there's a man in your life. Even those characters that begin saying they are independent, more work oriented and don't need a guy, end up with one, cause romantic love seems to be the only kind of love possible.

Most of the conflicts these characters have are pretty silly and the romances described quite unreal. Everyones seems to fall madly in love with each other just with one look and marriage proposals are said like you say good morning. So annoying!

I can't honestly see any modern reader, specially any woman, enjoying these stories as I'm sure they would have been enjoyed when written last century.

Note to self: stop reading books and authors you enjoyed when you were a teenager or you'll end up being disappointed time and time again.

Thanks to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

“A PLace Like Home” is a collection of fifteen short stories of which i’ve just finished reading a sampler containing five of them.
Each story is a timeless, cosy romance, set in different locations both home and abroad. I particularly enjoyed “Skelmerton” since it was based in my local area of Northumberland and I suspect a lot of female readers will relate to “The Holiday”, where a wife surprises her husband of twenty five years with a holiday, only to find she’s a golf widow once again.
The late internationally bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher is an old school writer, transporting her readers to an entirely other world of ‘Happy Ever After’ love and romance that have resonated with women of all ages, across her many years of writing.
These charming little stories contain strong female characters, that you instantly care about and intriguing, enjoyable little scenarios, offering escapism and a warmhearted feel good factor.
I’d be very happy to read the full collection of stories and recommend this author and “A Place Like Home” to romance readers young and old alike.

4 stars