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Starburst by Robin Pilcher

Starburst

A Novel

by Robin Pilcher

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  • Aug 2007, 400 pages
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The annual Edinburgh International Festival, which celebrates film, music, and comedy, brings thousands to the beloved Scottish town each summer. This year, the festival draws six unique and vibrant individuals, who all come together to follow their dreams—seeking success, love, fame, or simply happiness. Each of these incredibly well-crafted and intriguing characters is trying to discover their destiny, and during this one magnificent summer, paths cross and lives are forever changed. Inspiring, funny, warm, and full of vivid descriptions of the sights and sounds of Edinburgh, Starburst is another Pilcher winner.

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"Some of the dialogue can be a challenge (So ye thocht ye could hide awa' frae us, did ye?), but Pilcher keeps the stage full of light and color." - PW.

"Pilcher has created an ambitious cast of characters of different ages and from all walks of life, and as their lives intersect and mesh, he tells a beautiful and cohesive story about the human spirit and our capacity for adaptation and growth." - Booklist.

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Robin Pilcher

Robin Pilcher is novelist Rosamunde Pilcher's eldest son. His previous novels, An Ocean Apart, Starting Over, and A Risk Worth Taking, were New York Times bestsellers. He lives with his wife and four children, dividing his time between Scotland and Spain.

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