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Major Pettigrew's last stand, a novel, Helen Simonson

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Label

Major Pettigrew's last stand, a novel, Helen Simonson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Major Pettigrew's last stand

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

792938729

Responsibility statement

Helen Simonson

Sub title

a novel

Summary

When retired Major Pettigrew strikes up an unlikely friendship with Mrs. Ali, the Pakistani village shopkeeper, he is drawn out of his regimented world and forced to confront the realities of life in the twenty-first century. Brought together by a shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship on the cusp of blossoming into something more. But although the Major was actually born in Lahore, and Mrs. Ali was born in Cambridge, village society insists on embracing him as the quintessential local and her as a permanent foreigner. The Major has always taken special pride in the village, but will he be forced to choose between the place he calls home and a future with Mrs...

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