Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

In the small village of Edgecombe St. Mary in the English countryside lives Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired), the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson s wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, the Major leads a quiet life valuing the proper things that Englishmen have lived by for generations: honor, duty, decorum, and a properly brewed cup of tea. But then his brother s death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But village society insists on embracing him as the quintessential local and regarding her as the permanent foreigner. Can their relationship survive the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of culture and tradition?
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Helen Simonson was born in England and spent her adolescence in a small East Sussex village. She is a graduate of the London School of Economics who has lived in the United States for the past three decades and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. Simonson is the author of the New York Times bestselling debut novel Major Pettigrew's Final Stand and is married with two grown sons. This is the author's second book.

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EAN	9780307712868
Title	Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
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By (author)	Helen Simonson
Read by	Peter Altschuler