01028cam a2200205 4500 60615454 TxAuBib 20001011120000.0 ||||||s2000||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780312244262 0312244266 TxAuBib Pilcher, Rosamunde. Winter Soltice. New York, N.Y : St. Martin's Press, 2000. 454. The December Soltice is a turning point .For some it represents a time of darkness , the shortess day of the year. But for others it is an event. --just a few days before Christmas --- is about renewal, a rebirth. In a story both deceptively simple and effortlessly complex. Rosamunde Pilcher brings together five very different people, ranging in age from the teens to mid sixties, erach of whom must confront very different losses and challenges. 20001011. december soltice/ turning points/ changes/ losses.