![]() ![]() In her world, seemingly magical things happen amongst the brooms and mops, and despite adversity, everything always works out for the best. Harris books are often referred to as “fairy-tales”. Yet he clearly enjoyed fantasy and stories with sugar-coating. His background as a journalist for the New York Daily News no doubt kept him grounded. He could deal with hard-edged material when he needed to. Paul Gallico was an unashamedly populist writer. This edition also includes the sequel, Mrs. With its release this October, Bloomsbury has taken the opportunity to re-release the novella in a movie tie-in edition. ![]() ![]() Harris Goes to Paris has just been made into a film starring Lesley Manville in the eponymous role. Gallico wrote several stories in which she is the protagonist. Harris, a big-hearted and widowed London charlady in her early 60s, working everyday cleaning the houses of the rich and famous. ![]() One of his most popular characters was Mrs. Although never quite Booker-Prize material, many of his works over the years have endured in the hearts of readers, as well as being adapted for the screen: The Snow Goose, The Love of Seven Dolls (made into the Leslie Caron film Lilly), and The Poseidon Adventure. Paul Gallico was a mid-20 th century author of large output and enormous popularity. ![]()
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