The Loving Spirit
AVON W365: ''A Triump of Passion & Intensity'' * ''A Bold, Vibrant Portrait of a High-spirited Family''--bk cvr
by Daphne du Maurier
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Plyn Boat Yard is a hive of activity, and Janet Coombe, born in turn of the 20th century Cornwall, she longs to share in the excitement of seafaring: to travel, to have adventures, to know freedom. But constrained by the times, instead she marries her cousin Thomas, a boat builder, and settles down to raise a family.
Janet's loving spirit - the passionate yearning for adventure and for love - is passed down to her son, and through him to his children's children. As generations of the family struggle against hardship and loss, their intricately plotted history is set against the greater backdrop of war and social change in Britain.
Praise for Daphne du Maurier: "Daphne du Maurier has no equal." - Sunday Telegraph
"[du Maurier] tells a story because it's a good story, because it has something of beauty in it, and therefore of truth. She pictures life itself rather than all the dark and torturous currents that twist below its surface... Miss du Maurier's book is a grand one."--Chicago Tribune
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Daphne du Maurier, Fiction, Literature, Stories, Books, Life, Countryside, Family, Families, Descendants, Generations, Upper Class, Adventure, Travel, Sailors, Courage, Shipbuilding, Industry, Revenge, Haunting, Spirits of the past, Fiction, general, England, fiction, Upper class families, Shipbuilding industry, Cornwall (england : county), fiction, Fiction, family life, Fiction, family life, generalPeople
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The Loving Spirit: AVON W365: ''A Triump of Passion & Intensity'' * ''A Bold, Vibrant Portrait of a High-spirited Family''--bk cvr
January 1973, Avon Books, a div. of The Hearst Corporation, by arrangmt w/ Doubleday & Company Inc.
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in English
- First Avon Printing, Jan '73
083760415X 9780837604152
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Published in the USA and Printed in Canada / Other system no. (OCoLC)5516897
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This book is a lush generational novel from the bestselling author of Rebecca. In her acclaimed debut, celebrated author Daphne du Maurier weaves a stunning tale of heartbreaking loss and undying love that knows no bounds.
Janet, a fearless young woman of soaring strength, longs for the wildness and freedom of the sea. She feels herself pulled fast under its spell, yet she sacrifices her dreams in order to create a family. Years later, when she learns of her beloved son's passion for the sea, Janet's spirit awakens, haunting her family and stirring a chain of events that changes them forever.
Set in a rapturous creation of the Cornish countryside, ''The Loving Spirit'' is filled with adventure, courage, and an abiding sense of the romantic.-- Publisher.
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