Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred WatsonMy review
was watching the "special features" on the DVD of the movie and found out it was a book from that. Her son has commentary in the "how it came to be" type section. And it was pointed out that she sold the movie rights 3 times! Each time, something came up and shelved it. One time, Billie Burke (? I think), the one that played the Gilda the Good Witch in "The Wizard of Oz" was to play Miss Pettigrew, the role in the movie is played by Frances McDormand (again spelling, not at me swiftest this morning, LOL)
The author was told that this novel was too risque to print at the time, and the only way they would print is if she wrote another book as well, so she did and they did...
So now I know about the book, and would love to read it and the other 3 she wrote.
Odd Shoes (Portway Reprints)by Winifred Watson
Fell Top (Portway Reprints)by Winifred Watson
Jane Austen in London by Winifred Watson
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