Victoria said, “When we were with the Archers, I suddenly realized that I didn’t want to say good-bye to you. But I never imagined that you wouldn’t want to say good-bye to me.”
A gap appeared in the traffic. Smoothly John slipped the Alfa-Romeo into gear; the engine changed tune, and the car swept forward.
He said, “Perhaps not wanted to say good-bye is just another word for loving.”
The wide, fast road curved ahead of them, leading to London.
Read all of Rosamunde Pilcher’s wonderful novels
The Shell Seekers
The Carousel
Voices in Summer
The Blue Bedroom and Other Stories
September
Flowers in the Rain and Other Stories
Coming Home
Wild Mountain Thyme
Under Gemini
Sleeping Tiger
The Empty House
The End of Summer
Snow in April
The Day of the Storm
Another View
Winter Solstice
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PRAISE FOR COMING HOME …
“Rosamunde Pilcher’s most satisfying story since The Shell Seekers.”
—Chicago Tribune
“Captivating … The best sort of book to come home to … Readers will undoubtedly hope Pilcher comes home to the typewriter again soon.”
—New York Daily News
… FOR SEPTEMBER …
“A dance of life!”
—Philadelphia Inquirer
“Her characters inhabit your daily life … [a] rich story to get lost in … the sort of novel so many seek to imitate and fail. I’d call Pilcher a Jane Austen for our time.”
—Cosmopolitan
… FOR THE BLUE BEDROOM AND OTHER STORIES …
“Breathtaking … A book you will want to keep, to read and re-read!”
—Grand Rapids Press
… FOR THE CAROUSEL …
“Delightful … It exudes comfort as it entertains.”
—Publishers Weekly
… FOR VOICES IN SUMMER
“I don’t know where Rosamunde Pilcher has been all my life—but now that I’ve found her, I’m not going to let her go.”
—The New York Times
WILD MOUNTAIN THYME
Copyright © 1978 by Rosemunde Pilcher.
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ISBN: 0-312-96123-5
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St. Martin’s Press hardcover edition published 1978
Dell paperback edition/March 1989
St. Martin’s Paperbacks edition/November 1996
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eISBN 9781466824928
First eBook edition: February 2013
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