title: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
author:  Winifred Watson 
description: &lt;DIV&gt;Winifred Watson (1907-2002) lived in Newcastle and wrote six novels in all; she chose to stop writing after the birth of her son in 1941. The Times interviewed her at age 94 when Persephone Books reissued the book in 2000. The headline was "Bodice-Ripping Fame at 94".&lt;/DIV&gt;
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  Title:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Miss Pettigrew lives for a day
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Author:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Winifred Watson
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  1938
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Synopsis:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  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.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### CHAPTER ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  9.15 AM—11.11 AM
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Miss Pettigrew pushed open the door of the employment agency and went in as
  the clock struck a quarter past nine. She had, as usual, very little hope, but
  today the Principal greeted her with a more cheerful smile.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Ah! Miss Pettigrew. I think we have something for you today. Two came in when
  I had left last night. Now let me se