Paul Gallico

In postwar Paris, Mouche, a young woman who has lost her job with a carnival, is persuaded not to commit suicide by the cheerful puppets of Captain Coq, a gruff puppeteer

Dust jacket notes: "The London charwoman's warm, tender, yet resolute nature, which enabled her to go to the elegant Dior salon in Paris, now drives her to America - to reunite a child with his GI father. This is the glowing story, as only Paul Gallico could tell it, of Mrs. 'Arris's roguish trip to New York...." A …