After his death, his name diminished in the ranks of the great artists, but, recently, it has seen a resurgence. The story is punctuated with references to works of art made by Lawrence Stern, Penelope’s father and a famous oil painter. Penelope also brings along her gardener, Danus, whom she hired after the heart attack to tend to her abandoned plants. Penelope hopes that taking in Antonia will put an end to Nancy’s complaining that she needs a hospice worker. In their place, she takes Antonia, the daughter Cosmo, whom Olivia was in love with before he passed away.
She invites all three of the children, but they all make excuses about personal obligations. She recalls Porthkerris fondly, as it is the place where she met Richard, the love of her life. The incident compels her to reflect on her past, and she resolves to go on a personal pilgrimage to Porthkerris, her home during the war. She signs herself out of the hospital and looks forward to going home. The novel begins shortly after Penelope suffers a mild heart attack. The novel deals with themes of death, fate, memory, and trauma, especially with respect to World War II and its legacy. The story also explores the lives of her three children, Olivia, Noel, and Nancy, showing how their unique responses to Penelope’s situation are related to their pasts.
Told near the end of Penelope Keeling’s life, the book examines her relationships to the people close to her as she attempts to reconnect to the places she passed through in life namely, the English town of Porthkerris where she lived during World War II. The Shell Seekers is a 1987 realist novel by British author Rosamunde Pilcher.
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