Books at Bedtime By Calming Anxiety - Why Not Ask Miss Price - By Lucy M Montgomery

Why Not Ask Miss Price? by L. M. Montgomery — A Heartwarming Thanksgiving Bedtime Story for Sleep & Insomnia | Books at Bedtime

Get cosy, let the autumn evening settle around you and drift towards sleep with this warm, heartwarming Thanksgiving short story by L. M. Montgomery, the beloved author of Anne of Green Gables. Why Not Ask Miss Price? is a gentle tale of kindness, a spare place at the table and a family dinner that changes a lonely life, read slowly and softly as a bedtime story for adults who want to wind down, ease insomnia and fall into deep, restful sleep.

This year sisters Frances and Alma Allen have been trusted with the whole Thanksgiving dinner, from the mincemeat and the cakes to the guest list. It's to be the same time-honoured family gathering as ever, fourteen around the table, until a letter arrives to say that jolly Aunt Clara can't come after all. Now there's one empty chair, and nobody can agree on who should fill it.

Then their mother quietly asks, "Why not ask Miss Price?" Bertha Price is the pale, painfully shy little teacher from the primary school, who lives alone in a cheerless boarding house and seems to have no one in the world belonging to her. The girls aren't sure at first, but their kind hearts win, and Frances goes to deliver the invitation herself. What happens when Miss Price comes for Thanksgiving dinner, and meets their brother Ernest's friend Maxwell, is a story to warm the coldest autumn night.

If you enjoy this classic audiobook reading, you'll find more of L. M. Montgomery's short stories in the Books at Bedtime series from Calming Anxiety, including The Softening of Miss Cynthia, A Fortunate Mistake, Ned's Stroke of Business and Davenport's Story, all perfect for a relaxing sleep audiobook night.

Why Not Ask Miss Price? was first published in 1904 and is collected in Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904. L. M. Montgomery (1874–1942) has been in the public domain for many years, and this reading is shared freely for your rest and relaxation.

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