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Major Pettigrew's last stand : a novel / Helen Simonson.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Random HouseCopyright date: ©2010Edition: First editionDescription: 358 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
ISBN:
  • 9781400068937 (alk. paper)
  • 1400068932 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.6 22
LOC classification:
  • PS3619.I56294 M35 2010
Summary: Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until 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 respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers Ali a foreigner?
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Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until 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 respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers Ali a foreigner?

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