Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
by Winifred Watsonliterary work· published 1938
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Miss Pettigrew, a governess looking for work, is sent by mistake to the home of Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous nightclub singer involved with three different men and is invited to stay after offering Miss LaFosse common sense advice about her love life.
Adaptations (1)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day was adapted into a 2008 film.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day2008 · film · 92 min · dir. Bharat Nalluri · IMDb ↗London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.
