I hope you are all having a lovely Valentine’s Day, enjoying the people and things you love.
Speaking of lovable things… the most delightful discovery of my week was that Greyladies has now released their reprint of Five Windows by D.E. Stevenson.
Five Windows is the story of David Kirke from his Scottish childhood to his early adulthood in London. It follows him through five different homes: the manse where he grew up as the only child of loving parents, the townhouse in Edinburgh where he lived with his uncle while attending school, the seedy London boarding house where he lives after first arriving in the city, the cosy flat above a bookshop which he has the pleasure of making his own, and the house just outside London where he begins his married life.
It is one of my very favourite of D.E.S.’s books and I have been looking forward to owning a copy since I first read it in 2013. Rereading it last year only confirmed my love for it and my desire to own it. However, used copies were prohibitively expensive. Greyladies to the rescue!
The Captive Reader 
An excellent choice on the part of Greyladies, since it’s such a good story and was never, until now, reprinted in its entirety since it was published. (Oh, I think there was a large print editon in the 80s, and of course Dessies know that the Rinehart U.S. version was stripped of much content, including an entire subplot.)
Our library just ordered a reprint of The Baker’s Daughter. I’m hoping the value of DES will be realized and missing books will be replaced on the shelves.
I just realized you are the reason I went to the Greyladies’ website and bought all of their DE Stevenson offerings. They just arrived this week.