Major Pettigrew's Last Stand: A Novel (Unabridged) Major Pettigrew's Last Stand: A Novel (Unabridged)

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand: A Novel (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

You are about to travel to Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of your own family. Among them is Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired), the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson's wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, Major Pettigrew is one of the most indelible characters in contemporary fiction, and from the very first page of this remarkable novel he will steal your heart.

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 respective 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 her as the permanent foreigner. Can their relationship survive the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of culture and tradition?

GENRE
Fiction
NARRATOR
PA
Peter Altschuler
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
13:09
hr min
RELEASED
2010
March 2
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
847.9
MB

Customer Reviews

EdgySay ,

Perfect In Every Way

You are there with the Major on every page well done !!!

MauiPaws ,

Read this

You will laugh, gasp, reflect, and think of all your imperfect loved ones and how you love them imperfectly. The narrator couldn’t have been better.

HNulty ,

Wonderful story!

Wonderful fun read!

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