this book

has to be one of the best books i have ever read:
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - Winnifred Watson
truly, truly fantastic, with no real drama and no worry that things aren't going to turn out ok; just the thing i needed to cheer me up, with my best friend away for aaages.

please read it

and it's apparently now a film too, although i've never seen it or even seen it advertised. i have to see it