This books publish date is and it has a suggested retail price of 29.95. This particular edition is in a Audio CD format. But somehow the Christmas season weaves its magical spell and for Elfrida and Oscar, in the evening of their lives, the winter solstice brings love and solace. The title of this book is Winter Solstice and it was written by Rosamunde Pilcher, Lynn Redgrave (Reader). Oscar and Elfrida take refuge in a rambling house in Scotland which becomes a magnet for various waifs and strays who converge upon it, including an unhappy teenage girl. But an unforeseen tragedy upsets Elfrida's tranquillity: Oscar's wife and daughter are killed in a terrible car crash and he finds himself homeless when his stepchildren claim their dead mother's inheritance. She has a tiny cottage, her faithful dog Horace and the friendship of the neighbouring Blundells - particularly Oscar - to ensure that her days include companionship as well as independence. The characters are warm and uncomplicated, the plot turns on the most simple of premises and, at the end, the reader is left feeling satisfied and even warmed. A beautiful novel of loss and the healing power of love by the much-loved Rosamunde PilcherĮlfrida Phipps loves her new life in her pretty Hampshire village.
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