Title: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Author: Winifred Watson

Publisher: 1938

Genre: Classics

Pages: 234

Rating: 5/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Modern Mrs. Darcy; Monthly Theme - May

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.

Such a delightful book. I remembered watching the movie version years back and enjoyed it. I hoped that the book would be just as delightful and thank goodness it was. I loved the comedy of errors and the witty banter. I kept waiting to see what silly situation Delysia and Guinevere found themselves in next. I just kept smiling through the entire book. I especially loved the encounters with Edythe and Tommy. Of course there are a few lines that are not at all appropriate to us now. Be forewarned. I kept having to remind myself that the book was written in 1938. Otherwise it was a lovely book.

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