Description

By (author) Gallico, Paul

COMING IN 2022 – the feel-good classic will be a major film, starring Leslie Manville,
Isabelle Huppert,
Jason Isaacs and Lucas Bravo
”
Mrs Harris is one of the great creations of fiction – so real that you feel you know her, yet truly magical as well. I can never have enough of her” Justine Picardie
”
It is almost impossible not to succumb to Gallico”s spell” Times Literary SupplementMrs 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.

Review quote
Mrs Harris is one of the great creations of fiction – so real that you feel you know her, yet truly magical as well. I can never have enough of her

Review quote
It is almost impossible not to succumb to Gallico”s spell

Review quote
”Wherever she goes Mrs. Harris seems to sprinkle fairy dust over those she meets. YET she”s very realistically drawn and the book is fraught with painful setbacks … In the end Mrs. Harris” yearning for the dress is secondary. The friendships that are made because of her quest are what change her life forever. This book was a delight from start to finish”

Review quote
‘A heartwarming, engaging novelette”

Biographical note
Paul Gallico was born in New York City, of Italian and Austrian parentage, in 1897, and attended Columbia University. From 1922 to 1936 he worked on the New York Daily News as sports editor, columnist, and assistant managing editor. In 1936 he bought a house on top of a hill at Salcombe in South Devon and settled down with a Great Dane and twenty-three assorted cats. It was in 1941 that he made his name with The Snow Goose, a classic story of Dunkirk which became a world-wide best-seller. Having served as a gunner”s mate in the U.S. Navy in 1918, he was again active as a war correspondent with the American Expeditionary Force in 1944. Paul Gallico, who later lived in Monaco, was a first-class fencer and a keen sea-fisherman. He wrote over forty books, four of which were the adventures of Mrs Harris: Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (1958), Mrs Harris Goes to New York (1959), Mrs. Harris, M.P. (1965) and Mrs Harris Goes to Moscow (1974). One of the most prolific and professional of American authors, Paul Gallico died in July 1976. He was married four times and had several children.

Promotional headline

A feel-good classic, soon to be a major film
starring Leslie Manville,
Isabelle Huppert,
Jason Isaacs and Lucas Bravo

Feature
A gloriously escapist fairytale set in 1950s Paris – perfect for fans of The Devil Wears Prada, Emily in Paris and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Feature
A film adaptation starring starring Leslie Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Jason Isaacs, Lucas Bravo and many more will be released in February 2022, distributed by Focus Features in the US and Universal in the UK