Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

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 It's 1939 and governess Guinevere Pettigrew finds herself out of work and on the bread line. Middle-aged and running out of options, Miss Pettigrew takes an uncharacteristic gamble when, after being refused work at an employment agency,she steals the details of a juicy assignment and pursues the job herself.

Miss Pettigrew goes to Hollywood

Thanks to a tiny publishing house, novels our mothers – and grandmothers – loved have new fans. Now with a film version of one set to be this summer's hit romcom. What is the secret of Persephone's success?

Nicola Beauman of Persephone Books
Nicola Beauman of Persephone Books with a copy of her best selling book "Miss Pettigrew Lives for the Day"

Nicola Beauman dusts herself down, closes her eyes and shudders...




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