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Title	:	Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Author	:	Helen Simonson
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 359 pages
Published	:	March 2nd 2010 by Random House (first published 2010)
Categories	:	Fiction. Romance. Contemporary. European Literature. British Literature. Adult Fiction. Book Club. Historical. Historical Fiction

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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?

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Original Title:	Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
ISBN:	1400068932 (ISBN13: 9781400068937)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction and for Debut Author (2010)

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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand is a wonderful comedy of manners in which the multiculturalism, rudeness and self absorption of the present collide with the stiff upper lip, rigid social consciousness and self absorption of the past as portrayed by Major Pettigrew and his son. As the realities of 2010 Britain creep relentlessly into a village stuck in a time warp of Empire and English superiority, the character of the characters in each group is revealed. Some evolve, some are hopelessly stuck and

I really loved this book and I have a wistful smile on my face just thinking about it.A lot of it is sentimentality as it is a very English book and the Major reminds me somewhat of my Dad...his values and his thinking and his jokes! And the village he lives in is very similar to this one.This was quietly hilarious - the Major's dry sense of humour and the sometimes ridiculous situations he gets himself into purely down to social niceties and perceived face-saving is very funny.A lot of

Is it enough to tell you Major Pettigrews Last Stand Is delightful? It was like seeing a garden of the most fragrant, beautiful flowers, with one dandelion, the only one that could be picked. This audiobook turned out to be the beauty. It is the story of two persons with completely different backgrounds willing to find common ground. The Major (Earnest, aptly named) Retired British Army, military attitude, and strong values, almost stuffy with an air of ostentation.Mrs. Ali (Jasmina) A

This book is filled with dry humor, social satire, and a message of acceptance. Major Pettigrew is a 68- year-old widower. When his brother dies suddenly, he is comforted by Mrs. Ali, a widow, and they become friends. Their friendship blossoms, then is almost derailed by an episode of cultural appropriation and prejudice. Through interactions with friends and family in this small English village, the author sheds light on intolerance in its many forms, such as race, class, sex, age, religion,

I say.... old chap... What a wonderful book. Delicious, full of humor, wit, it's colorful, delicate, wise.... cute, a big five star, very special! Highly recommended! I'll be looking for more work of this author.

When I hear "character-driven novel", I usually roll my eyes. I expect navel-gazing and lots of exploration of self, and it comes a bit too close to self-help for my tastes. But Simonson gets it absolutely right in Major Pettigrew.Reading about a 68 year old, widowed, retired Major in a sleepy English village is not necessarily a draw for most readers, but there's an alchemy in the way the characters are written. Every single character in this book feels real and genuine. Some start off as

3.75★"I would like you to be happy Ernest," she said. "We all deserve that."A heart warming story about people figuring out how, and then deciding to have, a meaningful and fulfilling life by letting go of preconceived notions, prejudices, and plans. If you read and enjoyed The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, or A Man Called Ove, I think you will like this one also.