by PaulGallico (Author)
Mrs Harris is a salt-of-the-earth London charlady who cheerfully cleans the houses of the rich. One day, when tidying Lady Dant's wardrobe, she comes across the most beautiful thing she has ever seen in her life - a Dior dress. In all the years of her drab and humble existence, she's never seen anything as magical as the dress before her 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. This treasure from the 1950s introduces the irrepressible Mrs Harris, part charlady, part fairy-godmother, whose adventures take her from her humble London roots to the heights of glamour.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 05 Jul 2010
ISBN 10: 1408808560
ISBN 13: 9781408808566
Book Overview: Part of The Bloomsbury Group, a new library of books from the early twentieth-century chosen by readers for readers. Previously published in the UK as Flowers for Mrs Harris. Film rights for Mrs Harris Goes to Paris have been optioned Gallico's The Snow Goose was chosen by Michael Morpurgo in the R4 series 'Neglected Classics' The story of Susan Boyle meets The Devil Wears Prada in this 1950s tale of a charlady's dream trip to the House of Dior