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. All will converge on Scotland this September, bringing their stories with them.Ī 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.
Far from them all is Pandora, the glamorous, exciting girl who ran away twenty years before. The oldest, strongest and wisest of them all, she sees Alexa, her vulnerable granddaughter, find love for the first time, while the decision to send her little grandson away to school is driving parents Edmund and Virginia even further apart. The invitations summon home the group of people Violet Aird has cared for most in her long life.
The brilliant bestseller by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.Īs spring comes to Scotland and the hills burst into life, a dance is planned for September.
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