Christmas at Great Madden — Catherine J. Bowness

It is Christmas and a hitherto unknown young man arrives at a large and dilapidated old house at the reluctant invitation of the family. He has unexpectedly been left a share in the property and they are at their wits' end as to how to pay him. https://tsw.createspace.com/title/5095881/distribute/description# Set in the 1960s when a new way of behaving collided, sometimes painfully, with the old accepted way, this book follows the fortunes of three generations of a family trying to deal with an unwanted and feared change of circumstances thrust upon them. Unable to control the climatic conditions, they try to control their feelings, with varying degrees of success. It is not a Christmas any of them are likely to forget.