The Master Storyteller strikes again! PLAIN & SIMPLE -- if you
love Pilcher, you''
ll love this book. The Winter Solstice is considered to be the shortest day of the year. When reading a Pilcher book, it doesn''t matter if the days are long or short because she will fill them with so much love and warmth that you''ll be transported to the desired location in record time. While I''ll admit that this book is not as good as Coming Home or The Shell Seekers, it has the same wonderful
characters and wonderful descriptions that have become synonomous with Pilcher. In this book, all roads lead to one destination -- in this case Corrydale, the Estate House in Northern Scotland. You''ll have to
read the book to find out how everyone ends up there, however. Pilcher introduces us to a bevy of characters -- 62 year old Elfrida Phipps, a retired actress who has just
left London to seek quiet in a little cottage in Dibton in Hampshire; Gloria and Oscar Blundell, along with their daughter Francesca, who make Elfrida
feel more than welcome in her new town; Carrie, who has just left Austria and a
broken romance to begin anew; Carrie''s niece Lucy who, as a teenager, stands in the way of her mother''s new and exciting relatonship with her American boyfriend and, last but not least, Sam, originally from England, but has been working in America for the past few years. He has now been called back by his company to go to Scotland to bring a broken down textile mill back to life. Somehow Pilcher manages to put all five of these characters together and the resulting effect will warm your heart. Through her descriptions, you''ll feel like you''re sitting in the house with them planning a Christmas holiday, while drinking tea the entire time. The more tea her characters drink, the more relaxed I become. Wonderfull Sunday Afternoon Read
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