Misery Beach • Book One
She came to the coast to start over. Then the world changed.
Newly divorced and ready for a quieter life, Gwen moves into her parents’ beach cottage on the coast of Western Australia. Her son is away at university. Her future is finally her own. And a curly-coated rescue cat named Canary is making herself at home.
Then distant asteroid impacts send disaster across the ocean. With the power out, the roads blocked, and no way to reach her son, Gwen must find the courage to step beyond the cottage door.
What begins as a search for supplies brings unexpected friendships—and the discovery that the woman she used to be is still there, ready to fight for a life worth living.
A warm, character-driven story of survival, second chances, and the small comforts that help us carry on.
A note for returning readers: Previously published as Gwen’s Misery Beach Cottage in the Disasters in a Jar series. This is the same story, presented as Book One of Misery Beach with a new cover.
MISERY BEACH • A. R. SHAW
