Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Persephone Classics)

Name: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Rating: 4.00 (3 reviews)

by Winifred Watson

Henrietta Twycross-Martin (Preface)

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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Persephone Classics)

by Winifred Watson

Henrietta Twycross-Martin (Preface)

3 ratings • 1 review • 6 shelved

Miss Pettigrew, a governess looking for work, is sent by mistake to the home of Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous nightclub singer involved with three different men and is invited to stay after offering Miss LaFosse common sense advice about her love life.

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ISBN10 190315510X
ISBN13 9781903155103
Publish Date 2 November 2000
Publish Status Active
Publish Country GB
Imprint Persephone Books Ltd

Edition Facsimile ed of 1938 ed
Format Paperback
Pages 256
Language English

Reviews

2.5*

Saccharine fluffy story dating back to 1938 and showing its age - a couple of racist comments and the insistence that woman's main goal in life is to marry...

The dated comments weren't actually what hindered my enjoyment of the book. It was the insipid story more than anything.

#NotMyCuppa