winter solstice book by rosamunde pilcher

Just before her birth her father was posted in Burma, her mother remained in England.

Rosamunde Scott was born on 22 September 1924 in Lelant, Cornwall, England, UK, daughter of Helen and Charles Scott, a British commander. Gradually, she settled into the comfortable familiarity of village life-shopkeepers knowing her tastes, neighbors calling her name-still she finds herself lonely. As the holiday approach and the weather turns foul, it seems a perfect recipe for disaster.īut somehow the group proves to be greater than the sun of its ill-suited parts, and as the solstice passes and Christmas approaches, the healing power of love on even the most troubled human spirit begins to work its magic.Įlfrida Phipps, once of London's stage, moved to the English village of Dibton in hopes of making a new life for herself. Almost like a magnet, Corrydale attracts various waifs and strays, each of them escaping difficult personal pasts. Tragedy upsets Elfrida's newfound tranquility and she takes refuge in a rambling house in the North of Scotland called Corrydale. Perhaps, at last, she can exorcise the pain of the past and find peace. She has a tiny cottage, her faithful dog, Horace, and the friendship of good neighbors, Oscar, Gloria and their little girl. When Efrida Phipps abandons London for a quaint country village, she settles in quickly. In a story both deceptively simple and effortlessly complex, Rosamunde Pilcher brings together five very different people, ranging in age from mid-sixties to teenagers, each of whom must confront very different challenges or losses. But for others, this event-just a few days before Christmas-is about hope, renewal and rebirth. For some, it represents a time of darkness, the shortest day of the year.

The December solstice is a turning point.

Winter solstice book by rosamunde pilcher