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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A fairy tale for grownups!,
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This review is from: Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (Paperback)
I'm not terribly familiar with Gallico. Years ago a girlfriend introduced me to _The Man Who Was Magic_, a delightful allegory I've taken with me everywhere since, but which does not appear anywhere in Amazon's offerings. Only this week I finally picked up _The Snow Goose_, which didn't do much for me I'm afraid, and then this one.This is a peach! Gallico wants to pay tribute to the elder, working class British woman who cleans other people's homes and is known as a char. Widowed, near or in her 60s, Mrs. Harris one day develops the notion of owning a Dior original, something utterly perfect and beautiful ... but at 450 to 500 pounds (maybe $1200 in the late 1950s when this book was published) far out of her budgetary range. How she does it, and what happens to her in Paris when she makes a day trip to realize her dream, is the stuff of magic. The characters are all believable; what they say and do in any given situation is completely plausible; and yet the aggregate of events and coincidences that come together to complete this tale are utterly (but forgivably) incredible -- as in any fairy tale. Being a reader/viewer who has thrilled to Samuel Beckett, Ingmar Bergman, and Harlan Ellison, I tend to avoid the word "heartwarming" like the Black Death. But that's the perfect word for this lovely little book.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The sort of book that sneaks up on you,
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This review is from: Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (Paperback)
I picked this up in a library because the title amused me. It's just a little slice-of-life story about an ordinary woman, not stunningly gorgeous, or rich, or romantic -- in fact she's just a Cockney char nobody noticed. Until she did something unexpected just because she wanted to, changing other people's lives in the process. It's a beautiful story.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Fireside single-seating read.,
This review is from: Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (Paperback)
While visiting a 16th century home in Portugal, we found a first edition hardcover of this little book tucked away on a library shelf. Someone bothered to start to read it. By the end of our vacation all 9 of us had read this gem of a fairy tale. A life long memory for us all.
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