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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Classic comedy
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Middle-aged governess Guinevere Pettigrew arrives at the wrong address while seeking employment and is swept into the dazzling life of nightclub singer Delysia LaFosse. Over the next twenty-four hours, Miss Pettigrew helps Delysia navigate several unsuitable men, a demanding career, and choices she has postponed behind glamour. In return, new clothes, unexpected friendship, and the attention of kind corset designer Joe Blomfield allow the overlooked governess to see herself differently. Effervescent and tender, this comedy suits readers who want a single-day transformation, female friendship, 1930s nightlife, and second chances arriving after everyone assumed it was too late.
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Alcohol use and drunkenness; extramarital affairs/infidelity; sexual and romantic references; social coercion and class prejudice; brief physical altercation.
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