Miss Hargreaves : a novel

Title:

Author:

Baker, Frank, 1908-1983, author.

Summary:

When Norman Huntley and his friend, Henry, invent an 83-year-old woman called Mrs. Hargreaves, they are inspired to write to their fictional friend, but their silly game turns out not to be such when she arrives on their doorstep in Buckinghamshire, exactly as they imagined her.

General Note:

Originally published: London : Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1940.

Edition:

Pbk. ed.

Physical Description:

317 p. ; 20 cm.

Genre:

Paranormal fiction.

Subject Term:

Older people -- Fiction.

Imaginary companions -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Buckinghamshire (England) -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury USA,

Publication Date:

2010

1940

ISBN:

9781608190515

Publication Information:

New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2010, c1940.

Call Number:

BAKER

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Summary

When, on the spur of the moment, Norman Huntley and his friend Henry invent an eighty-three-year-old woman called Miss Hargreaves, they are inspired to post a letter to their new fictional friend. It is only meant to be a silly, harmless game--until Miss Hargreaves arrives on their doorstep. She is, to Norman's utter disbelief, exactly as he had imagined her: enchanting, eccentric, and endlessly astounding. He hadn't imagined, however, how much havoc an imaginary octogenarian could wreak on his sleepy Buckinghamshire hometown.

Author Notes

Frank Baker , born in London in 1908, was a musician, actor, and novelist. He was the author of fifteen novels, of which Miss Hargreaves was the most successful. He died in 1983.