Winter at Cliff's End Cottage by Sheila Norton

The house is small but solid looking, with a grey slate roof and whitewashed walls. You can see it from quite a long way off, especially during these cold months of winter, when there's nothing but the gloomy sky and the circling seagulls interrupting the view. It's on its own, sitting up there so close to the edge.'
Not a love story , but one of a certain wariness of two very different woman , who have a common interest in a cottage , and the developing friendship as one opens up her home to the other. A delightful story to warm you on a winters evening. Magical.

This was a very touching and heartwarming story.

Premise
Cliff's End Cottage is a local landmark. Perched on the South Devon coast, its garden has begun slowly toppling into the sea, yet the elderly and infamously stubborn owner Stella refuses to leave her home. When Holly, a young journalist and single mum struggling to make ends meet, decides to interview Stella about her life, at first she's given short shrift. However, helped by a slice or two of cake and a couple of friendly cats, a tentative friendship begins to develop between the two lonely women.

Stella and Holly may live different lives, but over the cold winter nights, as Stella shares her story, the two women discover more and more in common. Time is running out for the house on the edge, but perhaps, together, Stella and Holly can find a new way forward.


I love despite Stella and Hollys differences how they come together and save Cliffs Edge Cottage. Very touching. .

Two very different women connect in a crumbling cottage by the sea in this lovely story of friendship. Holly is a journalist struggling to make a living while simultaneously performing the duties of a single mother. She believes she can write a fascinating story about Stella, the owner of Cliff’s End cottage; a once beautiful home and gardens now about to tumble into the sea. Stella, however, wants nothing to do with Holly, or anyone else for that matter. But Holly is persistent, and a mutual love of animals and sweets paves the way for a friendship between the women. I loved the fact that this book was focused on the two female protagonists, there wasn’t a man or a romantic relationship overshadowing the real story – the friendship between two women