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Rosamunde Pilcher's captivating best seller of loss and the healing power of love.

Elfrida Phipps loves her new life in her pretty Hampshire village. 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. 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.

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. It could be a recipe for disaster. 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.

©2000 Rosamunde Pilcher (P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Fiction Romance Women's Fiction Winter Feel-Good Heartfelt Christmas
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Lovely story read the book many years ago and lovely to listen to it now

Marvellous

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Couldn't understand why Sam would speak with an American accent having been born and grown up in England and spent only a few years in the states?

Accents

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The story was pleasant and quaint, with likeable characters. It wasn’t literary genius, but it was a good, easy and accessible yarn. The narration was annoying though - far too trill and ‘jolly hockey sticks’ for my liking and this did detract from an otherwise enjoyable book.

Nice story - annoying narration

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Such an enjoyable book I didn’t want it to end. A classic Rosamunde Pilcher. I would highly recommend.

Wonderful

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A gentle tale of different people with different ages all coming together to enjoy each other’s company and love …. A really uplifting experience for me

Brilliant - loved the gentle story and made by the wonderful narration

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