"Don't let this delightfully frothy drawing-room comedy get lost between the sofa cushions."-Salon.com ""Miss Pettigrew" is irresistible, a perfect mix of wistfulness and joy, substance and froth."-Tracy Chevalier, author of "Girl with a Pearl Earring" ""Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" is perhaps the happiest, most ebullient piece of fiction ever written for adults."-"Newsday" "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" is now available as an audio book read by Academy Awardwinning actress Frances McDormand, who stars in the film as the down-and-out governess Miss Pettigrew, who finds herself caught up in the life of Delysia LaFloss, a glamorous aspiring actress played by Amy Adams. Winifred Watson (19072002) grew up in Newcastle and was a secretary until, in 1935, she married Leslie Pickering, the manager of a timber firm. She wrote six novels in all, but after the birth of her son in 1941, she stopped writing and lived quietly in Newcastle for the rest of her life.
| ISBN | 1906462062 | | Volumes | 5 Audio CDs | | ISBN13 | 9781906462062
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 150 | | Publisher | Persephone Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Persephone Books Ltd | | Series title | Persephone Classics | | Format | Audio CD | | Height (mm) | 130 | | Publication date | 21 Apr 2008 | | Width (mm) | 130 | | Playing time (mins) | 360 | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY | FIC | | Academic level | General |
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