Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

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• 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 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  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 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Audio CD 1 Pages
• Edition: Unabridged
• ISBN-10: 1906462062
• ISBN-13: 9781906462062
• Publisher: Persephone Books
• Pub date: Apr 01, 2008
• Dimensions: 839 mm x 839 mm x 452 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, Libri Italiani

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