Our June, 2002 book, "The Shell Seekers" by Rosamunde Pilcher. We watched the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie the same evening and discussed the book.

From the Publisher
The Shell Seekers is a novel of connection: of one family, and of the passions and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations. The Shell Seekers is filled with real people-mothers and daughters, husband and lovers-inspired with real values. The Shell Seekers centers on Penelope Keeling-a woman you'll always remember in world you'll never forget. The Shell Seekers is a magical novel, the kind of reading experience that comes along only one in a long while.