This comforting read has some complexities running deep below it. Miss Quinn doesn't like her sister in law, chatty landladies, or Christmas, and while she isn't a Scrooge, she's a bit set in her ways. When her sister in law falls I'll, however, it sets up miss Quinn to have a different outlook on things, but Miss Read doesn't pummel us with a total Dickensian change of heart. Once again, a lovely comfort read.