Gentle Reads Fiction

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris  (and  Mrs. Harris Goes to New York ) by Paul Gallico Short Read, Vintage Ada Harris, a London cleaning lady, dreams of owning a Dior gown, so she makes an unforgettable trip to Paris. — Content notes : This volume also contains the  New York  sequel, a story that addresses child abuse: most of which happens off-screen, except for one slap. There's also a character in New York who uses some coarse language, including a few uses of the N-word, though the narrative doesn't fail to call him out on "his prejudices." Add  Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris  on Goodreads "A Christmas Party That Prevented a Split in the Church" by Margaret Black Short Read, Christmas, Vintage, Small-Town The women of a village church prepare for the arrival of a new, young minister—who happens to be single. — Notes : Pictured above is fan art by Nadine C. Keels, not an official book cover. You can find this holiday tale in  A Treasury of African American...

"A Christmas Party That Prevented a Split in the Church" by Margaret Black Vintage, Christmas, Short Read, Small-Town The women of a village church prepare for the arrival of a new, young minister—who happens to be single. — Notes : Pictured above is fan art by Nadine C. Keels, not an official book cover. You can find this holiday tale in A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories,  though not all of the stories in the collection are gentle reads. Add  A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories  on Goodreads My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse Short Reads, Vintage, Humor Come along for a series of hijinks in New York City with a hapless English gentleman, Bertie Wooster, and his ingenious valet, Jeeves! Granted, you'll spend half the time here with Reggie Pepper—an early Wooster prototype, don't you know. Book One in a series. — Notes : Pictured above is fan art by Nadine C. Keels, not an official book cover. A few of the stories in this collection have ...

Jeeves and the King of Clubs by Ben Schott Historical, Humor Bertie Wooster's inimitable valet Jeeves must ferret out a Fascist spy, while also helping hapless Bertie out of the social mix-ups in which he habitually gets himself tangled. Book One of two. Add  Jeeves and the King of Clubs  on Goodreads The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Historical, Literary, Women's Fiction After World War II, writer Juliet Ashton may find inspiration with a hodgepodge of book club members on the island of Guernsey. (Book contains a minimal amount of profanity.) Add The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society on Goodreads The Plums Hang High by Gertrude E. Finney Historical, Vintage, Biographical Novel Hannah Maria and her husband Jethro sail from England to America, planning to pluck down one of the American fortunes said to grow like plums on trees. But what might it take to reach such plums? Add The Plums Hang High on Goodreads Sa...