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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

(Persephone Classics)

By Winifred Watson

(16)

| Paperback | 9781906462024

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First published in 1938, it was reissued in the United Kingdom in 2000, complete with thirty-five original illustrations, and has sold over 22,000 copies.
Miss Pettigrew, an approaching-middle-age governess, was accustomed to a household of unruly English children.When her employment agency se Continue

First published in 1938, it was reissued in the United Kingdom in 2000, complete with thirty-five original illustrations, and has sold over 22,000 copies.
Miss Pettigrew, an approaching-middle-age governess, was accustomed to a household of unruly English children.When her employment agency sends her to the wrong address, her life takes an unexpected turn. The alluring nightclub singer, Delysia LaFosse, becomes her new employer, and Miss Pettigrew encounters a kind of glamor that she had only met before at the movies. Over the course of a single day, both women are changed forever.
A major film to be released in 2008 and starring Frances McDormand, "Miss Pettigrew Lives for Day" is a delightful, funny, lighthearted novel.

'Why has it taken more than half a century for this wonderful flight of humor to be rediscovered?' - "Guardian".
'The sweetest grown-up book in the world' - "Sunday Times".
'Everyone, no matter how poor or prim or neglected, has a second chance to blossom in the world' - "Daily Mail," in reference to "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day".

About the Author
Winifred Watson (1907-2002) grew up in Newcastle, and was a secretary until, in 1935, she married Leslie Pickering, the manager of a timber firm. She wrote six novels in all, but after the birth of her son in 1941 she stopped writing and lived quietly in Newcastle for the rest of her life.

Critics

  • Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

    A genteel rags-to-possible-riches story that became an instant bestseller when it was first published in 1938. Persephone's revival triggered the film starring Frances McDormand, the main reason, for me at least, to listen to this period piece. Middl ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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  • I don't like romantic, girly books as a rule, but this was very sweet, enjoyable little Cinderella story. The film is also worth watching.

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    Athene1710 said on Apr 23, 2011 | Add your feedback

  • It has to be read bearing in mind tht it is a book written for a public of middle-aged middle-class women of the 1030s....within that context it is a really enjoyable reading.

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    Chiaragattinoni said on Jul 27, 2009 | Add your feedback

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