A vast apparition towered over her on the doorstep. It wore a loose salmon pink coat, and tucked under its arm was an enormous imitation crocodile skin handbag. 'I'm Madame Doubtfire, dear.'

Lydia, Christopher and Natalie Hilliard are used to domestic turmoil and have been torn between their warring parents ever since the divorce. All that changes when their mother takes on a most unusual cleaning lady. But, as the Hilliard children soon discover, there's more to Madame Doubtfire than domestic talents.

Madame Doubtfire inspired the highly successful film Mrs Doubtfire.