Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson

For the life of me, I can't remember where I read about this book. I thought it was from Everyday Reading, but I checked there and didn't see the review.

Whoever recommended it: thank you! What a delightful book.

The book was written in 1938, and takes place in England. Miss Pettigrew is a prim and proper, genteel governess, seeking a position. She's desperate for a job, and ends up at what should be a job interview with a Miss LaFosse. What actually happens is a delightful account of the next 24 hours associating with all kinds of people she would never encounter in her regular life.

The dialogue was fun, the illustrations amusing, and over all it was a most diverting book.