And I fell in love with the characters (perhaps minus Carrie who I did not find to be as sympathetic as she was meant to be).

They were suddenly surrounded by people who all needed a new perspective and directions in their lives, including herself and Oscar. Looking back, all she regretted were the opportunities missed, either because they had come along at the wrong time or because she had been too timid to grasp them.With effortless warmth, and loving respect for characters that defies easy sentiment, Never Change melds the emotional depth and gentle intensity of poetry with the rich satisfactions of finely wrought fiction. In fact, that's the whole thrust of the book - that these people are thrown together in a place and time that's out of their everyday world. Colorful Elfrida Phipps, 60-ish and single, has retired from a lifetime on the stage to a country retreat in Hampshire, England. I loved the whole casting in the film but in particular it was Sinead Cusack performance that delighted me.

She won many awards, including the Golden Deutschland, and in Britain the Romantic Novel of the Year award for Coming Home (1995), her longest and most autobiographical novel. Back in Britain in 1946 she married Graham Pilcher, a Scot with family in St Ives who had been awarded a Military Cross in the war, and moved to Dundee, where Graham worked in the family jute business.The formula: a disparate set of characters (all suffering from some kind of hurt or loneliness) come together in a welcoming house with delicious food and plenty of whisky. Christmas is normally a time of dread for the characters but due to companionship they have the best Christmas ever. He tilted her chin up and removed her sunglasses to reveal eyes sparkling with tears” or some such drivel.

A group of loosely connected people wind up together at an estate house in some small Highland town, where they make friends and heal their wounded souls, all in time for Christmas. Besides writing under her real name, she also published some stories under the pen name Jane Fraser. Pilcher's unique ability to combine eloquence and compassion creates characters that truly reveal the way we all live and love.holds fast to a theme that has all but disappeared from American fiction: The healing comforts of domesticity and companionship. This is a world where there is no problem that can't be solved by a strong cup of tea, a nice fire and a good meal. Me decidí a leer este libro para estas fechas gracias al club de lectura que tiene Miranda Mills con su madre y creo que, precisamente este año, no podía haber elegido un libro mejor. It's rare for me to actually look forward to being able to read a book again and Winter Solstice is the perfect book to get you into the festive spirit.