{"product_id":"miss-pettigrew-lives-for-a-day","title":"Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\" class=\"std\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/missPettigrewmousecoloured.png?v=1593033404\u0026amp;width=700\" width=\"480x480\" height=\"480x480\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePREFACE BY HENRIETTA TWYCROSS-MARTIN\u003cbr\u003e256pp\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781903155103\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiss Pettigrew\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eves for a Day\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiss Pettigrew\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e has been a Persephone bestseller ever since we first published it in 2000. It came to our attention when a customer, Henrietta Twycross-Martin, brought an ancient, battered copy of it into the bookshop and told us it was her mother's favourite book. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e 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, neglig\u003cspan class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hgKElc\"\u003eé\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ees and nightclubs: Miss Pettigrew's blossoming is a delight to observe.' The \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e liked the book's message – 'that everyone, no matter how poor or prim or neglected, has a second chance to blossom in the world' – while in \u003cem\u003eThe Shops\u003c\/em\u003e India Knight described \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiss Pettigrew\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e as 'the sweetest grown-up book in the world' and\u003cspan\u003e Tracy Chevalier agreed that '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiss Pettigrew\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is irresistible, a perfect mix of wistfulness and joy, substance and froth.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2008\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Miss Pettigrew\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eves for a Day\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ewas been made into an excellent film starring Frances McDormand and Amy Adams. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available as a Persephone Classic, a Persephone e-book and a Persephone Audiobook read by Frances McDormand. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003eThe endpaper is a 1938 furnishing fabric designed, like the ones for \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHop, Step and Jump\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaplings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Squire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Winifred Watson","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098750308659,"sku":"ezw1789694394707","price":29.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue\/Endpaper","offer_id":54098750341427,"sku":"njc1789694394708","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint paper","offer_id":54098750374195,"sku":"irx1789694394709","price":30.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric napkin","offer_id":54098750406963,"sku":"knx1789694394710","price":41.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/miss-pettigrew-lives-for-a-day_1.jpg?v=1789694400","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/miss-pettigrew-lives-for-a-day","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}