Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is about a down-on-her-luck, middle-aged governess who is sent by an employment agency to the wrong address: instead of a household of unruly children, she encounters a glamorous night-club singer named Miss LaFosse. Over a period of twenty-four hours her life is changed - forever. 

The Guardian asked: 'Why has it taken more than half a century for this wonderful flight of humour to be rediscovered? Pure Cinderella fantasy farce with beaus, bounders, negligées and nightclubs: Miss Pettigrew's blossoming is a delight to observe.'

In 2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day was been made into an excellent film starring Frances McDormand and Amy Adams. 

Endpaper

The endpaper is a 1938 furnishing fabric designed by Marion Dorn; it is an elegant and light-hearted repeat pattern of a woman's hand holding a bouquet of sheaves of corn and red flowers, with yellow ribbons swirling among them.