{"id":8002,"date":"2010-08-18T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=8002"},"modified":"2010-08-13T10:31:41","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T16:31:41","slug":"cold-reads-winter-solstice-by-rosamunde-pilcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/cold-reads-winter-solstice-by-rosamunde-pilcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold Reads: Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Smillas-Sense-of-Snow1.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|1228341\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8003\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Winter-Solstice.jpg?resize=197%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Winter-Solstice.jpg?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Winter-Solstice.jpg?w=312&amp;ssl=1 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a> <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|1228341\" target=\"_blank\">Winter Solstice<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is a perfect book for a\u00a0sweltering summer day. \u00a0Rosamund Pilcher does an amazing job of describing the quiet beauty of snow and the cold winter light. This is in contrast to the heartwarming style Pilcher is known for. Sometimes referred to as literary comfort food,the characters and the domestic settings are appealing\u00a0 &#8211; people you&#8217;d like to know and places you&#8217;d like to live.<\/p>\n<p>This is an unusual romance; a group of relative strangers who are all suffering in their own ways\u00a0 end up together in an old house in Scotland. As they prepare to celebrate Christmas, they begin to heal and to care about each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Solstice is a perfect book for a\u00a0sweltering summer day. \u00a0Rosamund Pilcher does an amazing job of describing the quiet beauty of snow and the cold winter light. This is in contrast to the heartwarming style Pilcher is known for. Sometimes referred to as literary comfort food,the characters and the<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/cold-reads-winter-solstice-by-rosamunde-pilcher\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[1289,80,476,1287,324,408,1312,95],"class_list":["post-8002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-staff-picks","tag-cold","tag-england","tag-family-drama","tag-freezing","tag-holidays","tag-romance","tag-scotland","tag-winter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-254","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8002"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8112,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8002\/revisions\/8112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}