Geoffrey Simpson
1) Last holiday
Summary
Georgia Byrd is a department store employee who leads a life of frustrated desires. She particularly likes the bashful salesman from the outdoor furnishings department. But when she learns she only has a few weeks left to live, Georgia gathers her money, quits her job, and flies to the swank European resort she's always dreamed of visiting. Naturally, her new carelessness with money and fearless candor lead everyone around her, including a senator...
3) Little women
Series
Summary
Story about the March family of four daughters and a strong mother who, because her husband is away serving in the Army during the Civil War, must raise her "little women" on her own. The daughters include: spirited Jo who longs for a career as a writer; beautiful and conservative older sister Meg; fragile Beth; and the romantic Amy. Through the years, as they become women, the sisters share their most cherished and painful moments of self-discovery...
Summary
Trading places: A bet between two millionaires leads a successful Wall Street businessman and a con artist to trade lives. Last holiday: When doctors tell her she has less than a month to live, a New Orleans sales clerk decides to live her life to the fullest in the time she has left. Surviving Christmas: Longing for Christmas traditions he never had, a rich executive rents an all-American family for the holidays. All I want for Christmas: Two siblings...