It seems that life has only been full of disappointments and drudgery for this single lady so when she glimpses an opportunity to escape her mundane existence she grabs it. The story follows Miss Pettigrew who is a down-on-her-luck governess looking for work. Today I'd like to talk about Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson. However, her silence and stoic behaviour make other people make their own decisions (which should had been made years before had they simply had the nerve). Miss Pettigrew is somewhat out of her depth, being presented with situations that she has no experience of or able to give advice. She is then adopted by beautiful nightclub singer Miss LaFosse and this book covers the 24 hours after her arrival at the flat. This is the tale of the Miss Pettigrew, a middle aged spinster who is treated to an experience of how the other half live when she is accidentally sent to apply for a job at the wrong address. I got this just as the film had been announced (although I have still to see it). Over the course of a single day, both women are changed forever. 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. When her employment agency sends her to the wrong address, her life takes an unexpected turn. Miss Pettigrew, an approaching-middle-age governess, was accustomed to a household of unruly English children.
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