Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

NEW YORK TIMES AND NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

"A modern-day story of love that takes everyone--grown children, villagers, and the main participants--by surprise, as real love stories tend to do." --Elizabeth Strout

Written with a delightfully dry sense of humour and the wisdom of a born storyteller, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand explores the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of family obligation and tradition.

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. Ali?

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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ISBN 13	9780812981223
ISBN 10	0812981227
Title	Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Author	Helen Simonson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2010-11-30
Number of pages	384
Prizes	Winner of Indie Next 2010
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.