“My husband’s Scottish and his business was in Dundee,” Pilcher explains. September is set in Scotland, where she has lived since her marriage to Graham Pilcher in 1946. Born in 1924, she grew up in Cornwall, the setting for much of The Shell Seekers and Coming Home. Pilcher describes her novels as “realistic escapism.” The worlds she creates are fictional, but she draws on places she knows. Set in a small town in the Scottish Highlands in dark December, it centers on five assorted people, each at a turning point, who unexpectedly find themselves sharing a house and the holidays. Martin’s Press, $27.95, 454 pages), published just this week and already another best seller, proves no exception. Her highly anticipated new novel, Winter Solstice (St. Add atmosphere, spice with assorted joys and sorrows, serve warm. Her recipe for her best-selling novels also includes well-rounded characters. “Lovely” is a word Pilcher’s legions of fans often use to describe her fat family sagas - The Shell Seekers, September, Coming Home - replete with detailed descriptions of domestic pleasures. “You bring the water to a boil and cook it for exactly three minutes, then let it cool. “Peppercorns, bay leaves, wine vinegar,” she ticks off the ingredients over the phone from her home near Dundee, Scotland. Writer Rosamunde Pilcher is poaching fresh salmon.
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