Paul Gallico

Part of The Bloomsbury Group, books chosen by readers for readers Mrs Harris is a salt-of-the-earth London charlady with just one wish - to own a Dior dress. In all her years cleaning other people's houses she's never seen anything as beautiful or magical as the couture dresses hanging in Lady Dant's wardrobe and she's never wanted anything as much before. Determined to make her dream come true, Mrs Harris scrimps, saves and slaves away until one day, after three long, uncomplaining years, she finally has enough money to go to Paris. When she arrives at the House of Dior, Mrs Harris has little idea of how her life is about to be turned upside down and how many other lives she will transform forever. Always kind, always cheery and always winsome, the indomitable Mrs Harris takes Paris by storm and learns one of life's greatest lessons along the way.

The Adventures of Mrs Harris

Mrs Harris Goes to Paris and Mrs Harris Goes to New York

Neesha Balapitiya 

“They sat then, side by side on the green wooden bench. the midst of the sensuous colours and ravishing perfumes. the aristocrat and the charwoman, and conversed. They wee worlds apart in everything but the simplicity of their human- ity, and so they were really not apart at all. For all his ticle and eminent position, the marquis wasa lonely widower, hís children married and scattered. And what was Mrs Harris but an equally lonely widow, but with the courage to embark upon one great adventure to satisfy her own craving for also and talk. beauty and elegance. They had much in common these two.”

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