Books like Breaking and Mending by Joanna Cannon

Caseworker Linus travels to a remote orphanage to investigate ragged kids and their enigmatic caretaker Arthur, only to discover that the island’s magical children—and his own heart—are part of something larger than he imagined.

Two women on a vacation that turns deadly face down one of nature's most ruthless killers — and find themselves falling in love. Refusing to allow her absent lover to ruin her vacation in an exotic corner of Thailand, Emily Bradshaw determines to set her private disappointment aside and enjoy herself — until a natural disaster strikes and turns her world upside down. Lt. Colonel Hayden Caldwell plans to escape the restrictions of her job for a rare few days of freedom when she and Emily are forced into the fight of their lives. Together, Hayden and Emily face death, disease, despair, and imminent death, and find in themselves and each other the strength to deny the tsunami two more victims. But can their intense bond survive outside of the extreme situation in which it was forged? Uncharted Passage is the story of two women who face one of life's deadliest challenges and find their hearts forever changed. -- Back cover

When a commercial fisherman rescues a wealthy young woman from a burning yacht, their worlds collide on a stormy sea. A brief, passionate affair unfolds, challenging both to confront the differences that separate them.

After a man’s sudden death, his assistant inherits a curious collection of dropped items and a mission to return them to their owners while building new bonds in a quiet English town.

"The Therapist's Guide to Self Care is the essential text for every therapist who wants to have a healthy, satisfying, and fulfilling career. A guide to help therapists create the job and the life they want, it provides practical tips and step-by-step strategies to help therapists care for themselves. Drawing on a wide variety of sources including research findings and her own experience counseling therapists, this text examines the stresses of the psychotherapy profession, asking readers to take stock of these in their lives, provides tips on managing the external environment, setting up home and work life that promotes general well being; and offers tools for management of the internal environment of thoughts and feelings. It addresses a broad range of issues of psychotherapist self-care, covering a remarkable number of practice issues and concerns that therapists frequently experience, but that are rarely discussed in training or practice. Written in an informal, easy-to-read, and entertaining style, and packed with useful information, it presents specific suggestions for pragmatic, practical, and self-care aspects of practice."--BOOK JACKET.

A 1976 English cul‑de‑sac mystery follows two ten‑year‑old girls as they uncover secrets and confront the past after a neighbor’s disappearance.