miss pettigrew

Miss Pettigrew.

March 28, 2009

One of my first blog posts recognised Winifred Watson’s Miss Pettigrew lives for a day. But it slipped my mind and it was only last night I got around to see the film adaption. Set in a very glamorous 30s London, it’s a divine cinderella story for grown ups. So I’ll probably watch it again tonight. […]

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Miss Pettigrew’s fairy tales.

September 2, 2008

Sweet! Winifred Watson’s 1938 novel “Miss Pettigrew lives for a day” is now a film. It’s about the triumph of optimism, glamour and friendship over gloomy circum­stances. Nothing more than a fairy tale, but still a lesson for life.

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