Books like Mrs. Westerby changes course by Elizabeth Cadell

A.J. and the gang are graduating, but the PTA president’s over-the-top celebrations—fireworks, petting zoo, and a Blue Angels flyover—test the limits of a typical school ceremony.

Penelope Keeling reflects on a bohemian childhood, wartime romance, and a priceless family portrait as her children debate its future.

A Portuguese holiday turns into a heartwarming escape for the Channing family as they bond with the charming Baronesa Narvao, but her hospitality soon tests their patience and resilience.

A young Englishwoman in 1920s Ceylon marries a tea plantation owner and widower, only to uncover unsettling secrets about his first wife that threaten to unravel their new life.

After receiving a mysterious letter claiming a huge inheritance, Harriet Westaway, a struggling tarot reader, travels to her grandmother’s English country estate, only to discover that the bequest hides a dangerous secret.

In the placid Mostyn family, two rare members live free: Madeleine, who vanished after leaving infant daughters, and her granddaughter, Kerry Norse, a high‑powered London career woman who rejects marriage and ordinary life.

"Maeve Binchy, "the grand story teller, "* returns with a cast of characters you will never forget when they all spend a winter week together on holiday at Stone House, a restful inn by the sea ... Stoneyville is a small town on the coast of Ireland where all the families know each other. When Chicky decides to take an old decaying mansion, Stone House, and turn it into a restful place for a holiday by the sea, the town thinks she is crazy. She is helped by Rigger (a bad boy turned good who is handy around the place) and her niece Orla (a whiz at business). Finally the first week of paying guests arrive: John, the American movie star thinks he has arrived incognito; Winnie and Lillian, forced into taking a holiday together; Nuala and Henry, husband and wife, both doctors who have been shaken by seeing too much death; Anders, the Swedish boy, hates his father's business, but has a real talent for music; Miss Nell Howe, a retired school teacher, who criticizes everything and leaves a day early, much to everyone's relief; the Walls who have entered in 200 contests (and won everything from a microwave oven to velvet curtains, including the week at Stone House); and Freda, the psychic who is afraid of her own visions. You will laugh and cry as you spend the week with this odd group who share their secrets and might even have some of their dreams come true."--

Michael Stone, a former celebrated author politics, seeks a fresh start in the English village of Silverbridge after prison, where a kindly vicar and his community help him, and his own healing story unfolds amid rural life.