Rosie Cockshutt | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day REVIEW | May of the Moderns | Governess Meets Glamour! @RosieCockshutt | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 19 minutes ago.
I finally finished my book for @Margaret Pinard ‘s May of the Moderns readathon! I picked Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winnifred Watson, and I can’t wait to review this incredible story of a governess who finds herself in glamorous new surroundings.

----- Books Mentioned -----

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winnifred Watson
Phryne Fisher series by Kerry Greenwood
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor

----- Chapters -----

00:00 Yay May of the Moderns!!!
01:39 Meet Miss Pettigrew
03:41 Phryne Fisher’s Literary Ancestor
05:49 (A Possible and One of Many) Historical Context
08:11 Richness of the Descriptions
09:35 Sex & Women’s Power
12:05 I Heart a Makeover Montage
14:02 Warning: Casual Hate Speech
14:57 You Should Read It!

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Intro/Outro Art by my BFF Em assimblyrequired.tumblr.com
Intro/Outro Music is Santa Teresa by Patiño

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