Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - Winifred Watson

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Title: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Author: Winifred Watson
Genre: Fiction
Rating: 4/5
# pages: Audiobook ~9hrs
Date read: May, 2011

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 glamour that she had only met before at the movies. Over the course of a single day, both women are changed forever.

I only heard about this recently, so had somehow managed to trick myself into believing that it had only been written recently as well. Knowing that it was originally written in 1938 actually puts quite a different spin on it - for the better. I had wondered how historically accurate it was, but knowing that it was written at about the same time as it's supposed to take place would indicate that it is.

It's a charming story, if perhaps somewhat unbelievable that so many things could happen to a person in just one day. Made for a very entertaining listen though.

Comments

[breathingbooks.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the movie? It's sweet.

[bogormen.livejournal.com]

Not yet. I didn't even know it was a movie until very recently. I'm keen on seeing it now though.