A Risk Worth Taking
SCOTTISH DAILY RECORD – ‘A beautiful and heart warming tale… written with both style and sensitivity’
WOMAN’S DAY – ‘An absorbing story’
Synopsis
Dan Porter thought he had his life sorted: a high-flying job in the City, a beautiful wife and three wonderful children. But when his struggling new firm makes him redundant, Dan’s life and his marriage begins to fall apart. But then he sees as article in a magazine about Vagabonds, a small company up for sale in Scotland with massive potential for expansion. With his wife away on yet another business trip, Dan casts fate to the wind and heads north. What he discovers isn’t at all what he expects, but it’s certainly about to change his life …
Book Description
Dan Porter was a successful London investment banker until the dot-com bubble burst. Now his portfolio’s crashed, he’s lost his job, and his beautiful wife, Jackie, the managing director of a design firm, is giving him the cold shoulder. His son, Josh, has dropped out of college, and his daughters Millie and Nina are miserable in the public school that dwindling assets force them to attend. A fortuitous inquiry into the sale of a trendy trousers factory in bleak Fort Williams, Scotland (sparked by an article about owner Katie Trenchard, which Dan reads in Woman’s Weekly), leads to interim employment at Seascape, the prosperous prawn sales business belonging to Katie’s disabled husband, Patrick. As Dan’s getting drenched in Scotland, Jackie starts spending more time with Stephen, the design firm’s young financial director.
Reader’s reviews
“I have just recently discovered your books and it’s the first time in a LONG time that I haven’t been able to put a book down. I only wish I had more than four of your books to read. Thank you for those.”
10 July 2007, Sheila Anderson
“Nice job!” June 14, 2006, Rosalie Ciardullo (PHOENIX, AZ.)
“Once again, I enjoyed this novel by Robin Pilcher. I no longer attempt to compare his writings with his mother’s. He stands alone and he’s doing a splendid job. I have been a fan of Rosamunde Pilcher for quite a while now having read every one of her novels and enjoying them thoroughly.”
“Fantastic” 12 Sep 2005
“Yet another fabulous book by a fabulous author. Funny, interesting and sometimes poignant this book is definitely worth taking a risk on. Well done Mr P!”
“Defintely risk reading this one!” 9 Mar 2004
“A risk worth taking by Robin Pilcher is written so that the reader will be hooked reading it from the beginning to end, with the only stops being for making another cup of something and a pee!”
“An interesting plot line using factual information but with the usual feel-good factor as is common in Robin’s other novels.”
“The writing makes it very easy to visualise the scenary and the scenarios, with the characters becoming friends very quickly.”
“As a fan of Rosamund Pilcher, initially I was wary of Robin’s writing. Now I think that although you can see the family similarity, he has moved her style of writing on a pace and added his own identity and personality. His introduction of his character’s business dilemmas just adds to the interest and plot lines.”
“If you like Rosamund Pilcher, Marcia Willets, Maeve Binchy and the like – then you will love this!”
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“Robin Pilcher is popular novelist Rosamunde Pilcher’s oldest son, and living proof that talent does run in families…..with his Scottish sensibility and captivating wordplay, Pilcher is able to craft a fine and fulfilling novel.” (Booklist)
“If An Ocean Apart is any indication of Robin Pilcher’s works, then it is only a matter of time before the author becomes as well-known as his mother.” (Amazon.co.uk.)
“My family was brought up with the feelgood factor, so that’s what I write about. Real people and believable situations. My characters may be criticized by some as being stereotypical, but quite honestly, I take that as a compliment. One can associate with them.” (Robin Pilcher)