The Loving Spirit

Description:

***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.***

subjects: 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, general

People: Daphne du Maurier,  Janet Coombe

Places: Cornwall,  England

Times: 1830 - 1930