内容简介：
Holly and Mark Jepson have always spent Christmas on the Somerset coast, where Mark's uncle entertains a motley collection of guests in his holiday chalets. This year, they long to do something different - until uncle has to go into hospital, and they are obliged to put aside their plans for a quiet Christmas on their own. Instead they prepare to welcome the various members of the party. They are all, in their separate ways, to play a part in the unexpected, and at times shattering, events which take place before the new year dawns. As the first fireworks of the year fall into the sea in a shower of silver stars, both guests and hosts at this wintry gathering look forward to a new and better world.