THE BOOK In "The Winter Solstice," Rosamunde Pilcher tells the story of Elfrida Phipps, who leaves London to build a new life in Dibton, a small town in Hampshire, where she enjoys the company of her dog Horace and the friendship of the Blundells. However, an unforeseen tragedy changes her routine and radically shakes her life. Elfrida is forced to leave for Scotland, and fate, playing a trick on her, ends up gathering around her people immersed in loneliness, longing, abandonment, and loss. In a ruined mansion in northern Scotland, they will reunite and, at the same time, find themselves on the shortest day of the year—the winter solstice. Rosamunde Pilcher combines eloquence and compassion to create characters that reveal how we truly live and love. Filled with tragedy and renewal, "The Winter Solstice" is a captivating narrative filled with emotion. THE AUTHOR Recognized worldwide as a talented novelist, Rosamunde Pilcher became famous in Brazil with the enormous sales success of *The Shell Collectors*. The book remained on the New York Times literary supplement bestseller list for a long time and sold over six million copies worldwide. With *The Revenant*, the English writer reached the milestone of 850,000 copies sold in the United States and England in its first edition. Bertrand Brasil also published *The Carousel*, *Victoria*, *The Stormy Day*, *Flowers in the Rain*, *The Blue Room*, *Voices in Summer*, *Under the Sign of Gemini*, and *With All Love*. Her books have been published in over 28 countries.
A escritora Rosamunde Pilcher nasceu em 1924 na Cornualha, Inglaterra. Aos 25 anos, publicou seu primeiro livro usando o pseudônimo de Jane Fraser. Somente em 1955, Pilcher passou a assinar seus livros com o nome verdadeiro e, aos 63 anos, tornou-se reconhecida mundialmente com a publicação do best-seller Os catadores de conchas. Talentosa romancista e contista, suas histórias costumam tratar das complexas relações familiares, sempre ambientadas nas mais belas paisagens da Grã-Bretanha. A escritora tem livros publicados em mais de trinta países.