"The Shell Seekers" is still a paperback best seller -on Sunday it will have been on the list 56 weeks.

September was published in 1990, three years after The Shell Seekers.

Although one Shell Seekers character, Noel Keeling, makes a fairly minor appearance, a new cast of characters is introduced.

The Shell Seekers is a 1987 novel by Rosamunde Pilcher.

Pilcher also wrote a spin off novel to The Shell Seekers called September which was published in 1990.

The Shell Seekers was also released as an abridged audio book read by Lyn Redgrave.

"The Shell Seekers" is a deeply satisfying story, written with love and confidence.

"The Shell Seekers" is a work so close to her she is finding it difficult to begin her next book.

Now, what to make of "The Shell Seekers"?

The real breakthrough in Pilcher's career came in 1987, when she wrote the family saga, The Shell Seekers.