Paul Gallico was a versatile storyteller renowned for his distinctive style and wit. His early career as a sports journalist provided him with a unique perspective on the world, which often infused his later fiction. Though he began as a critic, his focus shifted to crafting fiction, where he cultivated an international readership. Gallico masterfully blended suspense, humor, and deeply human moments, earning him a place in the hearts of readers worldwide.
The story follows seven-year-old Mary, whose world shatters when her beloved cat, Thomasina, is deemed too sick to survive by her stern father, the town vet. Heartbroken and silent towards her father, Mary faces her own life-threatening illness. Meanwhile, Thomasina is saved by Lori, the enigmatic Red Witch, and transformed into Talitha, a powerful being with ties to an Egyptian goddess, now returning for vengeance. Themes of love, loss, and transformation intertwine in this magical tale.
From beloved author Paul Gallico, the delightful and uplifting story of Mrs. Harris, an ordinary woman whose life is transformed by one beautiful dress-soon to be a motion picture starring Lesley Manville and Isabelle Huppert. 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 so badly. Determined to make her dream come true, Mrs. Harris scrimps and saves 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.
Published to coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Responsible for cleaning the homes of the rich, Mrs Harris is a humble charlady with a knack for putting things in order wherever she goes. When, much to her surprise, she wins a trip for two beyond the Iron Curtain, she has no idea of the adventure that lies ahead of her. Ever the loyal servant, however, Mrs Harris (accompanied by her loyal friend Mrs Butterfield) believes it only right that others benefit from her good fortune as well. With a mink coat in mind for Mrs Butterfield, she also hopes to use their 'oliday to reignite a lost romance between her lovelorn employer and a Russian woman he had loved years ago. Unfortunately, the discreet passing of documents is an activity which can land even the most well-intentioned charlady in hot water with the KGB...
The resolute London charwoman rescues little 'Enry from his cruel foster parents, and together they set out to find his American father.
Presents stories The Snow Goose - set in the wild, desolate Essex marshes and is a tale about the relationship between a hunchback and a young girl; and, The Small Miracle - a contemporary fable about a young boy's love for his dangerously ill donkey. schovat popis
The story of a friendship that develops between a lonely crippled painter and a village girl, when together they minister to an injured snow goose during World War II.
Recommended for adult literacy intermediate level.
This is the story of a young boy called Peter, who is knocked down by a car. To his considerable astonishment, when he recovers, he is not a young boy, but a cat! Fortunately, he meets Jennie, a cat who had been abandoned by her family when they moved away, who educates him in the wiles of the feline world. Will he stay a cat with Jennie, or return to being a human boy?
