description: Mrs. Tim Gets a Job is an amusing, entertaining story of Hester Christie's adventures in her first job. Old admirers of D. E. Stevenson will be delighted with this third volume in the series, and new readers will be charmed with Mrs. Tim's adventures.With her husband still with his Regiment in Egypt, Mrs. Tim takes a job to fill the months before her husband's demobilization. She finds herself working for Miss Erica Clutterbuck, a formidably tough and masculine woman, who has turned her home into a small hotel. Mrs. Tim becomes deeply involved with the many guests and their various problems. One amusing situation after another develops and, of course, Mrs. Tim is always in the middle.Humor, lightness of touch, appealing characters, and a delightful plot make for a novel that will delight the readers of this latest volume about warmhearted Mrs. Tim. And beneath the fun and sparkle there is a philosophy worth serious thought.
language: English
title: Mrs. Tim Gets a Job
titlecomplete: Mrs. Tim Gets a Job
characters: Annie Bollings, Margaret McQueen, Betty Christie, Erica Clutterbuck, Bryan Christie, Tim Christie, Pinkie, Hester Christie, Anthony "Tony" Morley, Roger Elden, Clara Hope
genres: Classics, Romance, Fiction, Novels, Historical Fiction, Family, Historical, World War II, British Literature
ratings_count: 484
places: Scotland
series: Mrs. Tim
publisher: G K Hall & Co