A beautiful novel by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.
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..
It could be a recipe for disaster.
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.
Elfrida Phipps loves her new life in her pretty Hampshire village.
A beautiful novel by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher
