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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
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Series: Random House Reader's Circle
RomanceGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
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ISBN10: 0812981227
ISBN13: 9780812981223
Publisher: Dial Press
Published: Nov 30 2010
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.24 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780812981223
Publisher: Dial Press
Published: Nov 30 2010
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.24 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
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?
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?
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