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...

All I Want for Christmas: A Peace Country Story by Talena Winters Christmas, Contemporary, Small-Town, Short Read Kids like twelve-year-old Trevor don’t get anything from Santa—let alone parents. Prequel to a series. Add All I Want for Christmas on Goodreads "A Christmas Party That Prevented a Split in the Church" by Margaret Black Christmas, Vintage, 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 Secret Santa by Robert Tate Miller and Beth Polson Christmas, Contemporary, Small-Town, Short Read Recently dumped and feeling less than Christmassy, reporter Rebecca Chandler is determined...

"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 ...