Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Paperback/Winfred Watson

First published in 1938, this follows one day in the life of a governess, a day that changes her forever. Read on Radio 4 by Maureen Lipman, it has now been made into a film by Focus, which will star Frances McDormand, Amy Adams and Ciaran Hinds. 'Miss Pettigrew is irresistible,' Tracy Chevalier