It is like a contemporary take on the Cinderella story, an adult fairy tale. Pettigrew Lives for a Day is such a delightful and hilarious read. The book has wonderful side characters such as the scheming (unfaithful?) girlfriend, the rich businessman and so on which leave you with not one dull moment Miss Pettigrew lives for a day by Winifred Watson The women change each other over the course of the day and form a strong friendship that they would not have forged had they not met under the same circumstances. Pettigrew has never experienced in her life. LaFosse is thrilled and showers her with appreciation, something Miss. LaFosse out of all her problems, be it dealing with her men or her insecurities, and in turn Miss. LaFosse is flighty, flirtatious, has three beaus, one for the money, one for launching her career and one for love, and has no qualms about spending her money (kindly provided by one of her men of course). She is uptight about her morals and might seem as one who would be appalled by a lifestyle as that of Delysia. Pettigrew is a forty year old, uninteresting, clumsy lady desperately in need of money. I loved the character sketches in the book. LaFosse is delighted with her new maid who seems to fix everything unruly in her life.
Pettigrew walks in thinking she is employed as a nanny while Miss. In a mix-up over the details at the employment agency, she ends up in the home of Miss Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous nightclub singer in need of a new maid. If she doesn’t secure a new position that day, she might be turned out of her house by the landlady. As the novel opens, Miss Pettigrew is in urgent need of a new job as a governess or a nanny, both of which she is not very good at. Set in London in the 1930s, Watson’s book captures a day in the life of Miss Guinevere Pettigrew. Pettigrew Lives for a Day is a delightful book that you will leave you laughing out loud.
A forty year old lady who struggles to make ends meet has an extraordinary day in the world of glitz and glam.
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