The Cottage, the Spider Brooch, and the Second Wife

Sandy Cardy takes a genuinely creative approach here — using a family story to walk readers through the legal landmines of estate planning, blended families, and cottage succession — and the emotional resonance of the fiction format makes the material far more digestible than a dry legal primer would. The catch is that the legal content is Canada-specific, so American or international readers won't get full mileage, and the limited critical coverage makes it hard to gauge whether the legal details hold up over time. Worth a look if you're a Canadian navigating exactly these family dynamics.