The People escaped the destruction of their home planet and crashed on Earth in the Southwest just before the turn of the century. Fully human in appearance, they possessed many extraordinary powers. Henderson's People stories tell of their struggles to fit in and to live their lives as ordinary people, unmolested by fearful and ignorant neighbors. The People are "us at our best, as we hope to be, and where (with work and with luck) we may be in some future."
I loved these when I first read them
and there's another book of her non-People stories:
Ingathering: The Complete People Stories by Zenna Henderson
The People escaped the destruction of their home planet and crashed on Earth in the Southwest just before the turn of the century. Fully human in appearance, they possessed many extraordinary powers. Henderson's People stories tell of their struggles to fit in and to live their lives as ordinary people, unmolested by fearful and ignorant neighbors. The People are "us at our best, as we hope to be, and where (with work and with luck) we may be in some future."
I loved these when I first read them
and there's another book of her non-People stories:
Believing: The Other Stories of Zenna Henderson
oh, happy, happy, joy. joy. Now if only Kindle versions of Louise Copper's Indigo and Time Master series would magically appear...