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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Winifred Watson
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Paperback, 234 pages; 2008 (1938)
$15.00
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No one could have resisted Miss LaFosse’s appeal, let alone Miss Pettigrew with her susceptible heart. She felt strong with compassion and sympathy, though for what she hadn’t the faintest idea. Yet behind her solicitude, rather guiltily, Miss Pettigrew felt the most glorious, exhilarating sensation of excitement she had ever experienced. “This,” thought Miss Pettigrew, “is Life. I have never lived before.”
Guinevere Pettigrew, an out-of-work and unsuccessful governess, is sent on a last-chance interview. But the employment agency errs and gives her the address of a nightclub singer in need of a secretary, rather than a London matron seeking childcare. In awe of the opulent if messy apartment and shocked by Miss LaFosse's thoroughly modern lifestyle, Miss Pettigrew finds herself in a world she's never seen before. But for the first time in her life, she's viewed as capable and competent—and she basks in the glow of it all. Plus, she gets a complete fashion makeover, attends a fancy party, and incites a brawl at a nightclub. The novel takes place in the course of one day—and what a day it is. Set in the decade in which it was written, this is a period piece that still glitters and glows. The current movie based on the novel is fun, too!
(EE)
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